Recently it seems like many entrepreneurs are simultaneously running funds and companies: Andy Dunn of Bonobos runs Red Swan Ventures, Bryan Johnson of BrainTree and Kernel runs OS Fund, Andrew Ng of Coursera and Landing.ai is building AiFund, Naval Ravikant runs AngelList and invests in startups through the platform, even Jeff Bezos of Amazon has Bezos Expeditions. A lot of entrepreneurs swear that being an operator in a previous life helps current VCs be better VCs and empathize with founders; but the logical next question is does being a VC in the past or concurrently help you be a better entrepreneur? And does running a fund while running a company build on each other and increase the probability that the other is successful?
