Forbes January 10, 2026
Venture capitalists seem to always relish a debate. What’s better: Solo GPs versus partnerships? Small funds versus platforms? Large portfolios versus concentrated bets? Specialists versus generalists?
These questions resurface regularly on X – particularly when capital tightens and outcomes diverge.
A few weeks ago, the Wall Street Journal posed a familiar version of this question: are solo general partners uniquely positioned to land explosive investments because they can move without the friction of consensus-driven partnerships?
My take, which I shared in the piece, is that it conflates a few dimensions. Partner count by itself is not the sole driver. What matters more is where an investor’s edge comes from, and whether that edge compounds over time.
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