Stevie Haston is the greatest climber of my generation.
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Malcolm Gladwell says the qualities of satisfying work are autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward. Mountain Guiding and Venture Capital are rich in all three.
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At Boulder Ventures, we’re only interested in important projects, where successful outcomes can move the dial financially for our investors and for the society we live in.
Venture Capitalists and Mountain Guides live in the future. To be good at what we do, we have to. Planning for the next adventure is a constant in guiding and requires both a near term and a long-term view to dial in the best experience for our Clients.
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Mountain guides and venture capitalists love to share success with our partners. After struggling together for many years, it is a special moment when a VC and her entrepreneur celebrate the exit of their company. Within the context of their authentic relationship, this moment is both joyous and bittersweet.
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Stacked blocks are an alpinist’s worst nightmare. You’ve come to a place where the only path forward is through a loose, vertical pile of giant boulders, held together by an unknown combination of ice, grit, and gravity.
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All climbers like to boulder and most lifers would rather get a workout touching actual rock than climbing in a gym. Bouldering in my generation was an extension of being a rock climber; having a repertoire of hard local problems in your quiver was a requirement if you wanted to burn off the visitors.
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People who hire professional mountain guides to take them skiing in the mountains spend a lot of time and money getting there. When they arrive at their destination, they expect to find good snow.
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Venture capitalists and mountain guides are perfectionists. We plan, and scheme, and study, and try to map out all the nuances to achieve the ideal result. Some of these we share with our entrepreneurs and clients because we need and value their input. Some we do not because the sausage-making would freak them out.
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Style means something specific to mountain guides and venture capitalists. And to the good ones, it matters a lot.
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In climbing, just like in venture capital, being early is the same as being wrong.
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When I first moved to Colorado full-time, I got into a lot of trouble with Chip Wilson. We skied and climbed together all over the place in the early ’80s, and had just enough skill and more than enough drive to put ourselves where we never should have been.
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