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The Corrosive Nature of Over-Introducers

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Modern-society is also littered with over-networkers and over-introducers and professional conference attendees. It starts seemingly innocent enough. Mostly I just wanted to write this as a reminder to founders to be suspicious of people who constantly introduce you around. Focus is almost always the right answer.

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Choose Your VC Investor Carefully

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I write this post as a warning to pick your VC’s carefully. They work for a prestigious firm, have sat on big boards, went to HBS and speak at lots of conferences. In the VC’s mind it is innocent enough and starts off with a “have you guys ever considered …?&# type comment.