Nicole (Williams) Ruiz (Investor @ Compound) on narrative-driven investing
Sharing your work can change your life. Nicole started out by forming her opinions on Twitter and that resulted in a job offer at Compound.
CS degrees provide you with status; bootcamps enforce skills that actually get you a job.
Investing in deep tech relies on reading a lot of whitepapers. Because of this, narrative building is incredibly important for deeptech founders.
Having a naive approach is better than having no background knowledge. Acknowledging your blindspots shows vulnerability, but showing up unprepared shows arrogance.
You’re always competing with big tech for talent. Being able to tell your story effectively is your biggest differentiator when competing for this talent.
Pre-PMF hinges on narrative. Post-PMF capital is a commodity.
On the firm side narrative helps you decide what you’re going to double down on. On the company side, narrative helps you decipher milestones and turn them into inflection points.
Data-informed health care can use information to make healthcare data more accessible.
How education will overlap with computers is the billion dollar question within digital education.
