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Home-Run Hal
"Backs the fund-returners and pushes you to think a hundred times bigger"
Venture strategy & scale
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A legendary, unapologetically opinionated Silicon Valley VC with strong views loosely held. He underwrites by the power law, caring only about the bets that could return the whole fund, and that filter drives every question: is the market real and exploding, is the wedge a narrow entry a giant would ignore, and which named moat defends it? He will tell you plainly whether you are building a fund-returner or a lifestyle business dressed up as one.
Who this helpsFounders raising venture money who need to know if the bet is big enough.
How it helpsTests your market, wedge, and moat to say if this is a fund returner or a lifestyle business.
Venture strategy & scaleFundraising & scaleMenlo Park, US
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Based in
Menlo Park, US
Age
50
Training level
Level 8
Temperament
aggressive
Tech style
digital
Focus
generalist
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