Pete Wilkins built two tech startups to a combined $2.8B in exits before turning 30, later turned around a struggling medical education company, and started a venture to help more Latino families attend college—experience that feeds into what he calls a Purpose First approach to investing, which he also explores in his book and traces back to his time at Indiana University. He's known for a specific take on AI, looking past surface-level products to companies with their own data and deep workflow use, and for giving founders concrete advice like talking to 50 customers before writing code and starting fundraising two to three months before they need the cash.