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

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Investing in the Early Stages of a Seed Company Is a Big Mistake

Lutiana: You need to stay sober by definition given the upside in venture versus growth I think you have less room to play with pricing on the growth side. If you didn't also have larger funds that you could double down on a b and c so if you're a seed specific firm would you have a different answer to that question? She thinks selecting the right company in the early stages is all that matters. Lutiana: My biggest mistakes have been on reinvestment decision-making and the price kind of aligned to that where I'm already in the company and it's doing very well but the price to me is just egregiously high.

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