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Venture Capitalist Kobe Bryant Weighs In On New Fund, eSports And Failure

“Are you ready to shoot five percent as a good venture capitalist?”

“No, I’m going to shoot higher than that,” Kobe Bryant chimed back.

Such is the demeanor and attitude of the still newly-retired Los Angeles Lakers star, who discussed his new $100 million firm, Bryant Stibel, among other things at the recent WSJDLive Conference in Laguna Beach, Calif.

Bryant, who partnered with the serial entrepreneur Jeff Stibel earlier this August, has invested in a handful of companies including LegalZoom, sports media platform The Players’ Tribune, video game designer Scopely, home juicing company Juicero and software firm RingDNA.