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Wesley Chan on what he looks for as he’s shopping for potential unicorns
Investor Wesley Chan has shown a knack for making very early investments into multi-billion-dollar unicorns, such as Plaid, Gusto, Flexport, and, most
Investor Wesley Chan has shown a knack for making very early investments into multi-billion-dollar unicorns, such as Plaid, Gusto, Flexport, and, most recently, Canva. From there, his serendipitous journey continued: He majored in computer science because it seemed like a good career path, but landed in Silicon Valley just after the dot-com bust, when the only company hiring was a search upstart called Google. He says there are almost no commonalities in the companies he funds except for founders who remind him of Sergey Brin and Larry Page, with a strong conviction that they are solving an urgent and timely problem with truly unique insight.
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