“I called up 15, 20 founders every day… I'd pick up the phone and a founder might pick up and I'd say, hey, how many employees do you have? And how much revenue and how fast are you growing?”
How I Invest with David Weisburd · E436: Nnamdi Okike on Billionaires, Founder Psychology & the Venture Capital Bubble
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What was described
Called 15-20 founders each day, asking for employee count, revenue, growth rate, and product description to gather early metrics
15-20 founders per day
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“I used to really check before I went and did a speech at some company, how fast the company was growing. I would ask like kind of about revenue growth and about headcount growth”