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John-Miguel Mitchell's avatar

Brutal and brilliant at the same time. Behind every “hot deal” is a messy reality—of power dynamics, pressure, and posturing. If we want healthier startups, we can’t ignore how the incentives in VC quietly shape culture from day one. Founders, know what room you’re walking into.

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Burak Buyukdemir's avatar

It was a great travel :)

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Guillermo Flor's avatar

It was great!!

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Pratik's avatar

Well said 👍

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Clay Norris's avatar

@Guillermo - if you're going to copy and paste an article from us three years ago, at least cite back to us instead of trying to use it as your own content.

https://confluencevcweekly.beehiiv.com/p/50-brutally-honest-takeaways-time-venture-capital

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Guillermo Flor's avatar

Hey Clay! Thanks for sharing! I never intended to use it as my own, you can see on the article how it says i read it on a thread on reddit! It didn’t say the name of the author, happy to put it now!

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XY's avatar

I cannot agree more on this - There are not enough good companies out there to justify the amount of venture funds in existence.

*Questioning why am I still here in this industry *

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Dustin L.M. Dunbar's avatar

I’m curious how one could 10x their network. Absolutely down for that!

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Anurag's avatar

What about Oscar health ?

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Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

What an insightful post! Thank you Guillermo!

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