the most successful founders are almost never active angel investors at the same time (very occasional investments in friends dont count)

May 16, 2014 · 1:02 AM UTC

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@sama counter examples off the top of my head @reidhoffman @mlevchin @nist @DavidSacks @naval all investors while in the founding stage too.
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@jeremys @reidhoffman @mlevchin @nist @DavidSacks @naval @levie probably another 10 great counterexamples, but still far more examples :)
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@sama never good bloggers too, for that matter.
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@sama @htaneja aka the most successful people are the ones who can focus on their own venture.
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@sama maybe because the most successful founders are starving and don't have money to invest???
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@sama maybe a good time to go over correlation vs. causation...
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@sama so many counterexamples come to mind. I'd love to see some data with this assertion.
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@sama @levie Ahem.... Aaron?
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@sama so true. having an affair with other shares is nothing but unfaithful!
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