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Summary: Eric Hippeau is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau, the New York-based early-stage venture capital firm that ponied up early money for wildly popular media, retail, and tech brands including: Allbirds, Axios, BuzzFeed, Casper, Everlane, Giphy, Glossier, Warby Parker, and more. As they like to say, they’re not investing in the companies, they’re investing in the people who run them. A deep dive into how a tech company gets its start.