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VCs Seek The “Ninja Assassin” Entrepreneur
ABC News wonders, what does it take to make it as a tech-preneur? If you asked a venture capitalist, they would tell you that it takes a “ninja assassin”. So what exactly does that mean?
The passion and focus associated with the Japanese discipline goes a long way in impressing would-be investors.
“What I’m looking for is what I call a Ninja assassin — a creative, fearless, nimble, focused entrepreneur,” said Ann Miura-Ko, a 33-year-old partner with newly formed venture firm Floodgate Fund in Palo Alto, California. “They’re the kind of person who’s taking a different path and is singularly passionate about a particular idea.”
Entrepreneurs have found it increasingly difficult to raise venture money since the financial turmoil in late 2008. While venture investment is improving, it has yet to recover to the levels seen before the crisis.
A key attribute 10 young up-and-coming venture capitalists surveyed by Venture Capital Journal, a Thomson Reuters publication, looked for in entrepreneurs before betting on them was confidence to keep going when the going gets tough.
The passion and focus associated with the Japanese discipline goes a long way in impressing would-be investors.
“What I’m looking for is what I call a Ninja assassin — a creative, fearless, nimble, focused entrepreneur,” said Ann Miura-Ko, a 33-year-old partner with newly formed venture firm Floodgate Fund in Palo Alto, California. “They’re the kind of person who’s taking a different path and is singularly passionate about a particular idea.”
Entrepreneurs have found it increasingly difficult to raise venture money since the financial turmoil in late 2008. While venture investment is improving, it has yet to recover to the levels seen before the crisis.
A key attribute 10 young up-and-coming venture capitalists surveyed by Venture Capital Journal, a Thomson Reuters publication, looked for in entrepreneurs before betting on them was confidence to keep going when the going gets tough.
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Jaclyn Wells on August 3rd, 2010 10:13 am
i totally understand what she is saying. while i don’t know a ton about the japenese, i do know that they tend to be extremel focused on anything that they decide to go after, so it makes sense that this is the type of person (ninja assasin) that she would be looking for because they by all means would be the most dedicated and focused person.
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