Venture Investments Are Not Bets

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Countless times over the last decade, I’ve heard other <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/venture" target="_blank">venture</a> investors refer to their investments as “bets.” Earlier in my venture career, I was absolutely guilty of this because I wasn’t being mindful and probably lacked some necessary empathy. At the time, I don’t think I truly appreciated what it meant and took to be an active investor and support a company over the long haul. A few years ago after a conversation with my wife, I began to question that vernacular.