Of course you would have looked back and thought, โDamn.. I shouldโve bet on thatโ? Thatโs what Bessemer Venture Partners turned into a whole tradition- they call it the Anti-Portfolio. While most VCs flex about the unicorns they backed, Bessemer openly lists the ones they missed- and itโs honestly brilliant. They passed on: โข Google (thought it was too expensive) โข Airbnb (didnโt think strangers would sleep in each otherโs homes) โข Facebook (someone literally said, โstudents are never going to stay on this thingโ) Instead of hiding these โmistakes,โ they turned them into a permanent reminder: stay curious, stay humble, and question your assumptions. Itโs not just self-deprecating humor- itโs a framework for reflection. A VC version of a loss journal. Because sometimes, what you donโt do teaches you more than what you did. Hai na power move?!
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