BoxGroup: The First Conversation Advantage
Discover how NYC's BoxGroup built a venture capital empire by being entrepreneurs' first conversation, backing Ramp, Plaid, and Warby Parker before they had traction.
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Before there is a company, there is a conversation—we want to be that first conversation. We are comfortable with a lot of assumptions, more vision than traction, and raw product.
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