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Jeff Becker

Jeff Becker

General Partner at Antler New York (inception-stage venture capital), formerly a sales leader at LinkedIn and author of "Inevitable."

Jul 21, 2026

13:13
Yeah.
13:14
I don't think I've ever had like a right to do anything I've done, honestly.
13:17
So I do have some imposter syndrome.
13:18
But when I was in high school, I wanted to start this company and I went and pitched this angel investor.
13:24
This guy drives up to the coffee shop.
13:26
I've never done this before in my life.
13:27
I don't know what I'm doing.

35 MINS LATER

48:06
have businesses yet
Emma AikerCORRESPONDENT
29:45
Another, he went five minutes over the two-hour time limit.
29:49
They give you a critique on things that, you know, you need to work on to improve, and I focused primarily on fixing every item in that critique, and then I practiced trying to perfect my two-hour tour.
Emma AikerCORRESPONDENT
30:03
The second time, he sat alone as the interviewers went to another room to discuss the results of his test.
30:09
I sat for, like, 45 minutes, and the longer I sat, the more I felt that I wasn't gonna make it.
30:17
But then they finally called me up, and for about the first 10 minutes, it was basically what I need to work on to improve And then after about 10 minutes, the supervisor said, "We're not gonna let you on the hook anymore.
30:30
You made it." Wow.

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