I just had a development meeting with a prominent figure in the local venture community. I almost didn’t get the meeting, because this smart, plugged-in guy didn’t immediately get our mission.

As we sit down to talk, he tells me that he had been puzzled by our pitch, but that before dismissing my request for a meeting, he sent the material on to his daughter. With pride, he tells me of his daughter’s accomplishments. She’s in her mid-twenties, on the fast track at a Fortune 100 technology company and applying to business school.  Her reaction?  “Dad, this is so cool.  If business school doesn’t work out, can you get me job with GoodCompany Ventures?”

I got the meeting.

If you don’t get what were up to at GCV, you might want to ask your kids.

“No, the old men don’t know, but the little girls understand.”  Willie Dixon