Startup Purgatory, Common Pitch Mistakes, Competing with Incumbents and More on One on One with A and Z #4
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Are You Going to Invest in a Toxic Fonter?
Rello: How do you deal with a situation where the idea behind the company is great, and the company clearly has great potential? Ah, but it comes to light that there may be diligence that one of the founders is just simply toxic to work with. Ando: I think if you pulled like, america, probably half of the people would say he's toxic and horrible, and half of em would say, he's the greatest thing that ever happened to us. Rello: You're always going to be a little disagreeable as a leader, but being effective was something that's well worth investing in.
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