What do you feel is the single most important quality in an entrepreneur? What sort of founders do you like to fund? Hustlers? Technical? Balanced teams?

There’s a difference between an entrepreneur and a team.

I do think teams need to be balanced, but I don’t believe in putting founders into silos.

http://www.instigatorblog.com/the-death-of-the-business-founder/2010/11/24/

http://www.instigatorblog.com/startup-founders-in-silos/2010/05/19/

As for an entrepreneur – as an individual – irrespective of whether they’re a technical person or not – it’s about hustle and passion. Then it’s about strategic ability to think and problem solve. Passion alone isn’t enough. It’s a balance between passion/dreaming/hustle and clarity/execution/getting shit done.

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