Ben Ling (@bling0) is the GP and founding partner at Bling Capital.
He was previously a GP at Khosla Ventures, and prior to that he held senior positions at Google, YouTube, and Facebook. Over the course of his career, he has backed 19 unicorns including companies like Square, Palantir, and Gusto.
Here are some of the lessons we learned from studying Ben and his career.
“If you want to work with a person, you need to understand what that person stands for.”
“Once a lead is identified, everybody else wants to follow.”
“Proven operators demand a premium.”
“Different types of LPs like different types of risk exposure.”
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