Yanev Suissa - Managing Partner, Founder at SineWave Ventures shares why he will never retire
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In today's episode we speak to Yanev Suissa - Managing Partner, Founder at SineWave Ventures, one the most humble profiles on LinkedIn. He has been exposed to so much during his career thus far; seems like he's lived many lives. From Broadway to studying gangs, to starting a venture fund, he worked under the Bush and Obama governments on renewable energy, spoke on the public sector and the direction it's headed, and had the good fortune to invest in companies like Databricks, SentinelOne and Evolv. He's also been to 160 countries.
We kick off by asking Yanev to share with us how he got to this point and how he has been able to achieve so much:
- Diverse background
- Studied a lot
- Did lots of research
- Had an interest being a prosecutor
- Recruited into the Bush Administration
- Imposter syndrome
We ask Yanev what it is he looks for when he is eyeing investments:
- Transformative, allow for innovation in a different way
- Traditional and non-traditional
- Diverse skills and a diverse team
Then we ask Yanev to share with us the kinds of personalities that he comes across, what he looks for and what are red flags:
- Focus is on people
- All about having people around that wins the race, a lot of luck
- Approachable
- You need to know what you don't know
- Find the right team members
- Navigate networks
- Adjust to markets
- Community traction
We move on to asking Yanev to explain how he discerns whether or not it's ok to be focused on pre-revenue?
- It's an art not a science
- Stay and pray
- Concentrated portfolio
- Recruiting the right members
- The right business model
How does attitude towards entrepreneurship and money differ city to city?
- Valley focused
- Non-valley focused
- Always been virtual
- Very futuristic
- Broader perspective
We have Yanev talk about reinvention in the public sector:
- Displaced and replaced
- Amazon and Microsoft
Next we ask him what drove him to visit 160 countries and how that is linked to his culture:
- Happy to travel alone
- Different perspective on the world
- Grateful for what you have
- Meditation movement
Does Yanev have plans of retiring, does he see an end to working?
- Be open to opportunities
- Feel strongly about my time, which will keep me working longer
- Don't think I will ever retire
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