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David Yin: Random Walk to Career (Journalist to VC Partner), Finding Yourself at Stanford & Harvard, & Drinking From Firehoses Startups

David Yin: Random Walk to Career (Journalist to VC Partner), Finding Yourself at Stanford & Harvard, & Drinking From Firehoses Startups - E269

David Yin on the random walk to career (journalist to VC partner), finding yourself at Stanford and Harvard, and drinking from firehoses startups.

"Writing a story similar to writing an investment memo, and finding a good story, is figuring out what’s not being reported. You try to dig for information where there's no information. You talk to people in the ecosystem, you talk to CEOs and founders, and then we ultimately put everything together. It all goes back into a storyline at the end of the day when people say that investing is both an art and a science." - David Yin

"It's a bit weird that I'm not doing something in early-stage tech. The other part that I realized was that I liked the aspect of a job where I got to work with people and grow with people. That's something that I didn't really find in public equity. So as I thought about what I wanted to do, what I'm relatively excited by, I thought that venture capital was a good combination or it allowed me to do investing in early-stage companies, but also allow me to work with many interesting folks." - David Yin

In this episode, Jeremy Au speaks on the random walk to career (journalist to VC partner), finding yourself at Stanford and Harvard, and drinking from firehoses startups.

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Keywords: Journalist to VC Partner, Stanford Harvard, Random Walk Career, Drinking From Firehoses, Harvard, VC, Founder Story

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