#42: Ben Narasin – Venture Partner at NEA – Wisdom From 25yrs as an Entrepreneur and 13yrs as an Early-Stage Investor

Ben Narasin is a Venture Partner at NEA with 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and 13 years as an early stage investor. He was the founder of fashionmall.com, one of the first e-commerce companies and the pioneers of the cost per click model that IPOed in 1999 having only received $100,000 in investor capital. Ben has invested in over 80 companies out of which more than 20 have exited. Some of his portfolio companies include LendingClub, which was valued at 5.4Bn when it IPOed, Zenefits, valued at 4.5Bn, Dropcam, acquired by Google, TellApart, acquired by twitter, Kabbage valued at $1.2Bn... the list is long but it is fair to say, Ben knows a good opportunity and today we aim to better understand how he thinks.Book recommendations: SnowcrashBen's NEA page: https://www.nea.com/team/ben-narasinPitch Ben: https://pitch-ben.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/Use the above link to record a pitch and get it evaluated by Ben!