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The Corrosive Nature of Over-Introducers

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I find the over-introducers especially corrosive around first-time founders who often struggle with the balance of their time between tasks like building product versus tasks like speaking at conferences or meeting with potential business development partners. It starts seemingly innocent enough.

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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. Many years ago I worked at Andersen Consulting, originally developing software for large corporations and then as a strategy consultant. At my first company, which was based in London, we decided to set up a development facility in India. Let me explain.