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

what is the secret sauce that sets venture firm managers apart?

1 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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In this short spoken reflection, a venture firm manager explains the distinctive qualities that set his approach apart. He emphasizes an informal, low‑ego style combined with deep, experience‑derived investment principles and a focus on operational excellence. Beyond the disciplined frameworks, he highlights the high energy he brings to the work, which manifests in lively, community‑building events such as the firm’s recent annual meeting held informally at the Athenaeum, a music and arts library in San Diego. The speaker positions this blend of relaxed culture, rigorous principles, and personal enthusiasm as the "secret sauce" of successful venture firm management.

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And I feel like as I've gotten more comfortable as a venture firm manager and running my business, I'm starting to realize that like the magic of what I do is that I am informal and don't take things too seriously. Like I have very strong investment principles that I think about that have been developed through my experience backing CEOs in our portfolio. And I have strong principles around like operational excellence. But aside from that, the thing that makes me unique is the energy that I bring to the work. Like, I love when at our annual meeting that we had a couple weeks ago, one of the things that people were really excited about is like, it was informal. Like, I hosted it in San Diego. It was at this wonderful music and arts library called the Athenaeum.