{"id":4641,"date":"2023-11-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=4641"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:02:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T04:02:09","slug":"daily-markup-873-khailee-ng-on-the-sport-of-venture-capital-as-a-force-for-good-allowing-founders-to-rebuild-economies-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=4641","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #873: Khailee Ng on the sport of venture capital as a force for good, allowing founders to rebuild economies around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-us.googleusercontent.com\/hONQlRz3ed6UvNOemYM3RCi-dcqmqls0Uw0r0oZ1H6nU1tivRh6HUD1JSWM7M2Xb4ccFFPUTsaSTqbz2uai9m5O-qWyWyY8YtPV-h1K-mIqrAhbXJn4HhEZ3eJxNimu4suKZCcFwuE3BRxYauTt3STc\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo credit: Do More<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Being a good sport&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019ve invested now in 3,000 companies in 80 countries, out of which 40+ companies have emerged to be worth more than US$1 billion dollars or more; about 180 of them are worth more than US$100 million,\u201d shared Khailee Ng, <a href=\"https:\/\/500.co\/\">500 Global<\/a>\u2019s Managing Partner.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our roots began in Silicon Valley, but today half of our portfolio is across the rest of the world. \u201cWe believe there&#8217;s opportunity outside of Silicon Valley, and that was the original thesis: If we can bring the entrepreneurial spirit but most importantly the entrepreneurial know-how to more places in the world, then more people can build things and change our fates,\u201d he added.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>500 Global exists to arm local entrepreneurs in as many countries as possible to rebuild their own economies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cOur local stock markets would be more functional because we get a lot of new blood and new companies,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you&#8217;re only backing things which banks will offer a loan to, you actually have a very slow growth curve \u2014 you&#8217;re not going to have this leap frog if debt is the only vehicle for economic growth.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Khailee believes our role as a venture capital firm is to also exert positive influence on founders. \u201cSomething we care about a lot is that founders actually support each other, so they don\u2019t put themselves through a lot of mental turmoil to be able to build what they want to build,\u201d he shared.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One advice for founders: \u201cA lot of people think stress is about overworking, but it&#8217;s the stress that eats you when you&#8217;re not working \u2014 that&#8217;s the one you need to watch out for.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Khailee also sees venture capital as a sport that trains one to be a more compassionate, more curious human being.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch the full interview on Do More &#8211; Take Charge of Your Life <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/40r5YOl\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a good sport&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[473],"class_list":["post-4641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily","tag-500-global"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - 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