Flow Of Time

Staying awake and momentum opps

An old post from AO but I found it interesting: For VCs, Success Is Staying Awake. Some revelations about Sequoia Capital's secrets to pick up the cherries from the high tech toppings. No surprises here but why all the successful guys tell that it is the details? Maybe they are trying to tell us something. Do you homework - do them well. And most of all - be awake!

Well, Schmidt notes that it's easier to grow and figure out something exciting when things are already moving. Therefore one should scan around those second derivative markets that are already speeding up nicely. In another words - right timing.