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Aastha

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Of course you would have looked back and thought, “Damn.. I should’ve bet on that”? That’s 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 it’s honestly brilliant. They passed on: • Google (thought it was too expensive) • Airbnb (didn’t think strangers would sleep in each other’s homes) • Facebook (someone literally said, “students are never going to stay on this thing”) Instead of hiding these “mistakes,” they turned them into a permanent reminder: stay curious, stay humble, and question your assumptions. It’s not just self-deprecating humor- it’s a framework for reflection. A VC version of a loss journal. Because sometimes, what you don’t do teaches you more than what you did. Hai na power move?!

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