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Tag: VCs

  • We want to be the X of Y

    VC is pattern-matching. Because of this, less competent players fall into the trap of pitching themselves as the X of Y … Tell me you don’t know what you’re doing with out telling me you don’t know what you’re doing.

  • It’s not “tall poppy” syndrome, people don’t like dealing with you

    There has been a spate of “tall poppy” cry-wanks in the NZ entrepreneurial community over the past week. The theme is: I’m a tall poppy and I keep getting knocked down. Turns out that the people getting this coverage are generally: really unpleasant to deal with, they hurt people as their managerial MO, their achievements…

  • Adam Neumann’s apartment startup is here

    There is that moment in any new relationship where you’re in or you’re out. They fart, pick their nose or treat wait staff badly. At that moment you make a call on whether or not you’re in for the long haul (for the record, treating wait staff badly is the only “hell no” for me).…