![]() But the lesson that’s re-enforced, is that the biggest difference is the alchemy that can happen when you bring incredible people together. And you learn that luck plays a big part. ![]() It's a combination of great founders, with the great people they bring into the business, who can flex and adapt from a single office company with a small group of people, to an international company dominating a category, which has different offices and cultures around the world and having to synthesise all that. You learn that great ideas don’t necessarily translate into great companies. Statistically you might see 2,500 companies, invest in 25 and make the majority of your returns from 2-3. One of the most striking aspects of tech investing is how unlikely you are to succeed! When you start with founding, growing, building and selling companies, and then move to investing, you need to learn a whole new craft and become comfortable with a whole different way of working. If there is one thing I’ve learned, says Chris, it is the overarching importance of building incredible teams. You can listen to a recording of our interview with Chris Tottman here on soundcloud, apple, spotify, etc. Since then, over the last ten years with Notion Capital, he’s been investing in SaaS founders to help shape their vision, nurture their ambition and, critically, help them hire ever more extraordinary people. Amongst many other responsibilities at MessageLabs, Chris oversaw nearly every single senior hire, shaping the leadership team and organisational structure. The ability to build and lead world-class teams along the way is paramount and there are few people in the European tech scene better to discuss this with than Chris Tottman.Ĭhris is one of the founders of Notion Capital, but also one of the founding members of MessageLabs, a tech company that went from an idea in 2000 to more than 600 people and $150m in recurring revenue in 8 years before its acquisition by Symantec. ![]() The most interesting, important and challenging aspect of the founder experience is surely the journey they go on from founder to leader, to a big company CEO. ![]()
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