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Shawn Xu, Partner at On Deck
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Office Hours with Dorm Room Fund is back! Subscribe for weekly episode interviews with some of the brightest minds in business, venture, and tech.
This week, Souhail talks to Shawn Xu, a partner at On Deck and Forbes 30 under 30. Shawn previously worked at Square, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Dorm Room Fund. He was also an investor at Floodgate, where he worked under Mike Maples.
(1:42) - Shawn's background and upbringing
(3:20) - How to stand out in VC
(5:50) - Why Shawn loves venture
(8:05) - Policy work and political background
(11:10) - The limits of policy experimentation
(14:30) - Biggest misconceptions about being a VC
(19:00) - The positives of being a VC before starting a company
(22:35) - Meeting the President and then the Vice President the next day
(24:52) - Meeting Quincy Jones
(26:20) - What a successful career looks like to Shawn
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