# Aircraft Carrier investing The idea of investing in all the technologies that are needed for an ecosystem around a core one. Originally articulated by [[Don Valentine]] ### References * [[Acquired Don Valentine Podcast]] * [[Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital]] <!-- #mental-model --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Aircraft+Carrier+investing) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Aircraft+Carrier+investing)