The NSV Difference:
1. Being an entrepreneur is not about money. It’s about passion.
The VC firm invests for other people. They can’t afford to become passionate. And they’re not creating startups, they’re investing in a portfolio that contains startups. We, on the other hand, invest our own money. That’s allows us to follow our passion, which is creating startups.
2. Our principles derive from our principals.
We’ve always been entrepreneurs. We’ve spent our lives either developing innovative ideas, or helping other people develop theirs. We don’t really want to do anything else. But we don’t invent companies willy-nilly, and we don’t make random bets. Our companies are created as considered responses to the needs of our clients.
3. Contradiction is king.
Conventional wisdom is an oxymoron. By the time everyone finally sees the future, it’s the present.
4. Chaos is where innovation is born.
Startup creation is chaotic. But large companies have to eliminate chaos as they become large. That’s why they’re unable to spawn the innovation they need to survive discontinuous change. But embracing chaos is the only way create a new order.
5. The unreasonable is not only possible. It’s essential.
Everyone saying something can’t be done doesn’t mean it can’t be done. It just means that when it is done, it will be significant.
6. As champions arise, so do their companies.
We always find the seeds of support among the best and brightest within our clients’ organizations. All important change starts with a single person. As silos of influence are broken down, and layers of management are broken through, our clients begin to transform.
7. Transformation is our product.
We’ve created an environment where ideas can emerge with confidence. We champion our clients’ abilities to embrace change. In this, our principles – and our principals – are unshakeable.
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