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Ilya

Investor

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“People just doing their life's work.”

A two-time founder who now invests, looking for people doing their life's work.

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Two-time founder. Now a VC.0:30 · download 9:16 · 16:9
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What are you building? I'm a VC, so I give money to other builders. You give money to other builders? Correct. You're a VC, you joined the dark side. Well, you were a founder before. Yes, two times. Yeah, what makes you want to not build more companies and be a VC now? The initial goal was to take a break, but now maybe not anymore. So you got too comfortable being a VC, huh? Exactly. Yeah, who's your favorite founder here that you're going to give money to? We need to find out. You need to find out? Yeah. All right. All right. And what kind of founders that you want to invest in? Stuff, people just doing their life's work, I think, who can imagine, like proud of what they do. Yeah. Yeah, you're enjoying the cold plunge right now? It's very good. Yeah. How many minutes are you going to stay in? Maybe a couple more. Couple more? Let's see. All right, good. And what's your name? Ilya. Ilya. Well, what VC firm are you building? Folsom Capital. Folsom Capital. Right on.

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