What are the key lessons you’ve learned directly or through the founders you backed at NEA during 2022?

Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

What are key lessons NEA Partner Ann Bordetsky has learned directly through the founders at NEA?

3 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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Ann Bordetsky on what 2022 taught founders and investors: the startup world isn't insulated from macroeconomic forces. Building the right product isn't enough anymore. Resilience matters, and macro trends are reshaping how everyone has to operate.

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Startups are not immune to macroeconomic forces; we must be resilient in the face of unexpected global crises, as these forces shape the economy and impact founders, CEOs, investors, and operators.

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So I would love to start with kind of some of the key lessons that you've either learned directly or through the founders that you backed at NEA or in your angel portfolio throughout this year. And then we can dig a bit into your thoughts on 2023 as well.
I think one of the big lessons of 2022 is we in the startup world are in no way immune to the macroeconomic forces that are playing out globally. Right. I think we went through a period of time where you know, we were just focused on building, right? Like if we just built the right product and if we just built the right company, if we had the right idea, kind of, we weren't really worried about the macro so much. And I think 2022 is just bringing home for all of us, you know, founders, CEOs, investors, operators, how much we have to sort of, you know, be resilient in the face of these unexpected crises in the world, but also how they're shaping the global economy.