Why our venture capital downturn and recession is good for humanity

The first four months of this year have thrown a curveball for our industry - funding has dropped to a record low for founders and emerging VC managers. But ... this is indicative of a larger shift toward groundedness and balance.

This is what I believe:

• The VC industry has always been inflated, with herd mentality (due to a total lack of diversity.) We are witnessing the cracks of these flaws so that we can fix them and create a more holistic approach to investing going forward.

• This is in line with what's happening in our world as a whole as we go through a tremendous shift for our industries and humanity - questioning our values and what sort of a future we are co-creating (and not just falling victim to.)

• If you're raising capital this year, contemplate on these questions: Am I solving a real, systemic pain point - aka will my solution be resilient in the next 15 years? Am I in this to win this - therefore patient to downturns and recessions? Do I believe and trust and claim myself as the leader of my vision -- and if not, why am I building this? Your goal should be for your inner anchoring and storytelling to emerge 3x stronger from this climate.

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