Much of this success stems from the firm’s gift for thinking deeply about the future and devising a thesis that distills an investment opportunity. It is the venture capital equivalent of pointing toward center field before the pitch comes in, calling one’s shot

distilling complex subjects in accessible language

When Wilson canceled their breakfast after remembering it was his daughter’s kindergarten graduation, Colonna realized the outgoing Euclid partner shared his values.

Burnham’s exceptional systems-level thinking, with one describing him as “the architect” of this framework. Another referred to him as “deeply smart,” with a gift for “figuring out where the world is going.”