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Mike Ma
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Mar 11, 2026
ROOK: The VC Vibe Check
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27:26Mike MaGUEST
And yes, you may have written me, but we had some really deep conversations, and just like I may miss a text from my spouse, which I do.
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E219: How Emerging Managers Can Beat Multi-Stage Firms
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25:41Mike MaGUEST
I think solo GPs, particularly pre-seed, early stage solo GPs, to some degree, we don't care.
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25:53Mike MaGUEST
Our money is in, and we can get conviction and see things before others, because we just don't have as much bureaucracy or process.
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26:01Mike MaGUEST
I mean, I definitely have a team, um, but I am the I- you know, the IC is around, but, like, (laughs) "Do you wanna do the deal? Let's do the deal." Like, "Let's..." (laughs) You know, so, so the idea that you can be in first, at, frankly, low valuations where there's a lot of, uh, w- our investment process, philosophy, and those who do pre-seed, there's a lot of, there are a couple late-stage solo GPs as well, which are great, and, and awesome.
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26:22Mike MaGUEST
So just speaking from my little neck of the woods on this, all these things that you mentioned, I'm good with any of 'em.

David WeisburdHOST
What's been the most surprising? Where have you had to fine-tune your LLM where your perception was different than how it played out? What are some patterns?