Randy Komisar is an author & Venture Capitalist with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. He wrote ‘The Monk & the Riddle’ & ‘Getting to Plan B’. He is the original ‘virtual CEO’ and has a hands on approach with startups with whom he invests. He was gracious enough to allow me to video interview him last week.
Financial services
Why Do We Take Risks?
Risk is an integral part of being an entrepreneur or a Venture Capitalist. A friend said that I take too many risks and it led me to wondering why do we take risks? I am not going to focus on whether risk is inherently good or bad but why we take risk (if you do?) & what purpose it serves.