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punctuative! by Matt Winn: The Marquis de Lau Phenomenon in Venture Capital

  • Rob · 2 years ago
    Fundamentally this is an optimization problem for entrepreneurs. If opportunity comes from breadth but skill comes from depth, entrepreneurs must balance the two in ways that achieve their goals. The interesting thing about depth though, is that it can lead to efficiency. Focus in a specific area can lead to more efficient information acquisition and decision making in that area over the long term, leaving more time for breadth and exposure to new opportunities.
  • matt_winn · 2 years ago
    Well reasoned, Rob. I like the notion of accelerating one's work through depth, then taking on breadth. On the other hand, I think it sometimes leads to viewing new patterns all through the prism of one's original focus, an attitudinal fault and one that's adjustable.

    Best,
    Matt
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    I suspect that it protects us on the downside risk more than it aids on upside opportunity. Is it then in the best interest of the entrepreneur to maximize exposure in order to generate an arsenal of patterns or strictly focus in order to revolutionize?
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    But it also blinds us to new paradigms. I suspect that it protects us on the downside risk more than it aids on upside opportunity. Is it then in the best interest of the entrepreneur to maximize exposure in order to generate an arsenal of patterns or strictly focus in order to revolutionize? I suspect, at an early stage, the combination of revolutionizing entrepreneur and pattern seeking investor is a healthy dynamic.
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    De Botton calls it the “Marquis de Lau phenomenon,” a romantic and somewhat high-brow classification for what is fundamentally pattern recognition, but De Botton breathes additional meaning into the phrase. Specifically
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