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

what does Precursor Ventures Managing Partner Charles Hudson get out of teaching?

7 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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Charles Hudson, Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, teaches at Stanford because it forces him to clarify concepts he thought he understood. He takes the three-hour weekly commitment seriously for the students themselves, not for deal flow.

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I feel like it's forced me to become better at explaining a lot of the concepts that I thought I knew pretty well in venture, but maybe couldn't articulate. And I take it super seriously because GSB students are very demanding, as they should be. I've really enjoyed it. And my friends are always like, do you teach for deal flow? I'm like, well, no, I teach because I enjoy teaching. And it's a nice break for 3 hours a week to go down to campus and teach and focus just on trying to deliver a great experience for the students. Students and getting to know them as people.