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20VC: The Memo: The State of the VC Market: Why Seed Funds Can't Invest in "Hot Startups" Anymore, Why Series A & B is Terrible, Why the IPO Market Will Explode in 2024 & Why VC DD is BS & Every VC Has More Fraud in their Portfolio with Jason Lemkin

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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The Fallacy of Investing in Founders That Need You

Vinod Kostla: You never want to invest in founders that need you. He says the classic is my best founders Don't need me Right, that's what they've said. But if I can be an insider And give you some of those connectionsyou don't have when you get here That's not needing me and it accelerates a process which would take you time to develop. "You just cannot build The 20 years of relationships I have Or even the decade you have" he says.

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