In December, Global University Venturing invited its readers to vote for the most noteworthy article published during the year from a selection of six pieces, a mix of most read comments and an editorially curated list. An article published in our June issue by David Dorsey, associate at Osage University Partners, on who spinout founders are won the poll and GUV is proud to republish the piece as the must-read article of 2017.
Venture capitalists place considerable emphasis on founding teams. As VCs, we think a lot about what personality types, backgrounds and skills in a solid company founder. Some of the most important traits are qualitative. For example, we often talk about how CEOs should be excellent listeners. We look for traits like curiosity, passion, drive, low ego, sales orientation, honesty, integrity and transparency. Less qualitative indicators of potentially investable teams are strong domain expertise and success in a previous startup.
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