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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Embrace Losing – It Will Make You Stronger

Both Sides of the Table

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Embrace Losing

Both Sides of the Table

I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. They were looking for a collaboration tool to manage all of their large water development projects. The initial contract was worth about $500,000 and the whole value of the contract would have been worth a couple of million over the years.

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