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Aastha

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Of course you would have looked back and thought, โ€œDamn.. I shouldโ€™ve bet on thatโ€? Thatโ€™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 itโ€™s honestly brilliant. They passed on: โ€ข Google (thought it was too expensive) โ€ข Airbnb (didnโ€™t think strangers would sleep in each otherโ€™s homes) โ€ข Facebook (someone literally said, โ€œstudents are never going to stay on this thingโ€) Instead of hiding these โ€œmistakes,โ€ they turned them into a permanent reminder: stay curious, stay humble, and question your assumptions. Itโ€™s not just self-deprecating humor- itโ€™s a framework for reflection. A VC version of a loss journal. Because sometimes, what you donโ€™t do teaches you more than what you did. Hai na power move?!

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