The “Zero Tolerance for Egos” Standard — Working With Founders/VCs
Life is just too short to work with jerks. The idiosyncratic risk of working with egomaniacs is real and sometimes unknowable after the docs have closed. Egos can take a company down. Founders can turn rogue and go their own way because of course who knows better than them how to run a business. VCs can for se
Saving Private Startup (A War Many VCs Won’t Fight)
What is the best question founders can ask a VC before bringing them onto their cap table? Easy: “Tell me about how you helped a startup through difficult times, even through a shut down. Could you intro me to that founder so I can get their thoughts?”