Cathexis Ventures

01 — Extraordinary Founders

Dedicated leadership Inspirational intelligence Unique energy Technical expertise Focused creativity

02 — Building Something People Want

Engaged users Differentiated offering Sticky retention Sustainable support Positive outcomes

03 — With Speed and Efficiency

Responsive iteration Defensible plan Scalable growth High margins Simple onboarding

Be radically open minded.

"I needed to replace the joy of being proven right with the joy of learning what is true This need prompted me to seek out the most thoughtful people I could find who disagreed with me I didn't care about their conclusions, I just wanted to see things through their eyes and to have them see things through my eyes so that together we could hash things out to discover what's true In other words, what I wanted most from them was thoughtful disagreement Going from seeing things through just my eyes to seeing things through the eyes of these thoughtful people was like going from seeing things in black and white to seeing them in color The world lit up That's when I realized that the best way to go through the jungle of life is with insightful people who see things differently from me "