So you learn to sit with the reflection. Not to justify. Not to post about it on LinkedIn. Just to see yourself clearly: the wins you didn’t deserve, the losses you should have seen coming, and the strange, improbable privilege of getting to fund the future.
You reflect on the calls you didn’t make. The startup you passed on that just filed for an IPO. The market shift you dismissed as a fad. Humility, in this game, isn't a virtue—it's a survival mechanism, arriving too late, always wrapped in regret. vc reflect
And yet.