Here are the results from one of my LinkedIn surveys on the key skill to become a successful VC:
· Finance: 32%
· Technology: 5%
· Sales: 29%
· Experience and Other: 34%.
Successful experience can be helpful. But experience could have a downside for VCs. If the entrepreneurs and executives assume that the best strategy for every business lies in their own experience, they are likely to use solutions that worked for them in past trends. But unicorn-entrepreneurs succeeded by finding the unique winning strategy for their specific emerging trend. Travis Kalanick realized that the best strategy was to focus not