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by onlyrealcuzzo 1092 days ago
> 3) Serial trust ("3-exits", "former CEO/CTO/VP of..."), and

Serial trust is especially interesting for me.

Someone could have founded 3 companies that weren't good investments (possibly all lost money), and VCs will throw money at that person before they try someone new.

Transitive trust is also interesting. The majority of "rockstar VCs" made one good investment. Not really possible to rule out luck... And the majority of the people there now had nothing to due with that decision way back when.

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Serial trust is definitely an interesting one.

I've been acquainted with a CEO/founder who -- for all intents and purposes -- was just not that bright but he came from a fairly well off family and his LinkedIn tagline proudly had "3-time exit" even though those exits didn't yield any significant (if any) financial gain for him personally.