Posted on sixteenth September 2024 by Harry
Shardul Shah is a Companion at Index Ventures and one of many biggest cyber safety buyers of the final twenty years. Amongst his many wins, Shardul has led rounds in Datadog, Wiz, Duo Safety, Coalition and extra. Shardul can be the one Companion investing at Index to have labored in each single Index workplace from London, to SF, to NYC to Geneva. Previous to Index, Shardul labored with Summit Companions, specializing in healthcare and web applied sciences.
In Right now’s Episode with Shardul Shah We Talk about:
1. Investing Classes from Wiz and Datadog:
- Why does Shardul consider that TAM (complete addressable market) is BS?
- Why does Shardul consider that each nice deal might be costly?
- How does Shardul consider when to double down and focus capital vs when to let another person are available and lead a spherical in an present firm?
- How does Shardul take into consideration when is the correct time to promote a place in an organization?
2. How the Greatest VCs Make Choices:
- How does Shardul and Index create an setting of truth-seeking collectively, that’s optimised for the most effective decision-making to happen?
- What are the largest errors in how VCs make selections at the moment?
- Why does Shardul consider that every one first conferences ought to be 30 minutes not 60 minutes?
- Why does Shardul consider it’s so a lot tougher to make funding selections when partnerships are distant? What is healthier distant?
3. The Core Pillars of Enterprise: Sourcing, Choosing, Securing and Servicing:
- Which one does Shardul consider he’s finest at? What’s he worst at?
- Does Shardul consider with the downturn now we have moved right into a world of choice and never simply profitable each new deal?
- Does Shardul consider that VCs present any worth? What are the largest misnomers in relation to “VC worth add”?
4. Classes from the Greatest Buyers within the World:
- Who’s the most effective board member that Shardul sits on a board with?
- What has Shardul realized from Gili Raanan and Doug Leone on being a superb board member?
- What have been a few of Shardul’s greatest investing classes from Danny Rimer?
- Why does Shardul hate benchmarks in relation to investing?
