What In-Q-Tel CEO Looks for in Startup Teams | Tech'ed Up Shorts with host Niki Christoff

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What do you personally look for in a team? We have a lot of people in Silicon Valley listening to this. When you're looking >> not just for a product that can be tailored to fit the mission, what do you look for in the actual team you're investing in? >> Yeah. So, uh it's a great question. I'll start by saying uh uh uh you know, again, another one of these py little uh uh sayings that someone told me when I first got in the venture business, I like is winners keep winning, you know, and and so the first thing I always look for in a person is have they achieved success at some point in their life. It doesn't have to be in technology.

It doesn't have to be in the area of technology that they're now representing to me that they don't want to go build, but I'm just looking for something that says to this person, this person is a winner, right? You know, uh because because if they've demonstrated that uh before in some aspect of their life, I think it's more likely they will be a a winner in in this opportunity that they're presented. >> Interesting. So, not just a business winner, but just in general, a successful person. Look me a great athlete, a great musician, a great