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Education
About
Achievements
First student from my high school to go to Oxford. Broke the glass ceiling.
At Quid, in the first year of sales I did $2.6m in enterprise sales myself. Was highest revenue producer and broke the compensation model (was the highest paid employee).
Pioneered Quid's intelligence methodology which allowed us to find novel insights on markets and trends and now is behind the economic engine that has created 10s of millions in revenue per year.
Invested 1% of AngelList syndicate dollars in 2014.
Made dozens of productive intros in fundraising. e.g. Examples include Introducing Index Ventures to DropBox and connecting Suhail from MixPanel to
Michael Birch making their first round happen.
Skills
What I'm Looking For
Ideas most investors don't get because they are too visionary, or in valuable proxy markets that are ignored by the herd or large proxy markets by spend that are non traditional.
I'm looking to fund the founders behind next Alibaba -- ie companies creating national monopolies with empiric ambition.
Describe what you're looking for in a company.
Locations
Q&A
What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?
"How to find the next Steve Jobs" by the founder of Atari Nolan Bushnell is a forgotten treasure trove of insights on how to build and screen for highly creative engineers and to create an environment that rewards them. Atari pioneered silicon valley work
What's your favorite non-business book?
I look to Leonardo Da Vinci's notebooks for inspiration. He has a section of poetry and short stories which are particularly apt and forgotten.
If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?
I'd like to work on a cross-disciplinary biotech idea with no time limit. I'm interested in practical ways to extend human lifespan.
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
You can't just put it off for later. Do it now, and keep it balanced/measured between life and work desires.
What's your super power?
My brain works like a graph database of people, companies and information about them. This means my ability to use my network to form connections between them, and recall information about them gives me superior networking and analytical skills.
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
They can email me Sumon [dot] Sadhu [at] gmail [dot] com.
What words of wisdom do you live by?
No reluctant yes's.
What's the most creative thing you've ever done?
I make surreal art, and write poetry.
Which founders or startups do you most admire?
Overall, I think the progress being made at the interface of biology and technology is hugely overlooked compared to computing innovation.
As such the impact that Jason Kelly at Ginkgo has made is understated. Gingko will be the most valuable YC co
What aspects of your work are you most passionate about?
I dig the intersection of founding and funding. So i love to invest before people leave their jobs (give you the money to quit), and act like a shadow co-founder to help build the company from the earliest days. Which lets me tackle all problems.
What was the most impactful class you took in school?
Learning about how pathogens evade the immune system, in infectious disease was an analogy for life. Also developmental biology - super complex how we form organisms and how biological systems integrate. biochemistry helped me see beyond the surface.
What's something you wish you had done years earlier?
Ditch the founder ego for a few years, and joined a rocketship unicorn path company where two years is like 20. Fortunately I got to see that path through some of my angel investments.
What's an obstacle you've overcome?
I recovered fully from paralyzing my right arm.
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