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December 5, 2005
Dead Raw Fish = Sushi
The best part of the VC job is opportunity and privilege of meeting with so many entrepreneurs. My favorite days are the ones in which I spent the entirety meeting with a couple of company founders. It’s both exciting and engaging to talk with people who are in the midst of the process of creation – acting on an idea transforming basic elements into something elegant, useful, and valuable.
In many ways an entrepreneur is like a sushi chef, creating something very rich out of something very basic. The raw elements of their craft (dead raw fish or people & ideas, respectively) are ubiquitous and available to nearly everyone. But only a select few have the skills and initiative to transform these into something wholly different.
Now that’s unique, exciting… and tasty.
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Comments (2)
The problem is that blowfish, when prepared improperly, can kill you.
Posted by Raj Bala | December 5, 2005 5:37 PM
Posted on December 5, 2005 17:37
Then there are some of us who are both entrepreneurs and sushi chefs ;-) (pretty accomplished I'm told). I enjoy cooking (including the raw stuff), starting companies, coaching/raising kids and growing fruit/vegies. All share a common theme, multi-tasking and creating something from very raw materials.
Posted by Mike | December 5, 2005 8:21 PM
Posted on December 5, 2005 20:21