Susheel Daswani on Why Smart Money Bets on People

What makes someone back a film before there's a trailer, a cast, or anything to point to but an idea? Mark Elias sits down with Susheel Daswani—Silicon Valley tech investor and one of the earliest believers in We Could Be Heroes—to unpack what it really takes to be the first yes. They cover vision pitches vs. metrics pitches, why gaming culture and storytelling share the same DNA, the difference between "dumb money" and "smart money," and what success looks like when it isn't measured in returns. Because before a movie has a poster, it has a pitch. And someone has to lean in first.