Nothing feels as good as vibing with the founders you’ve backed; similarly, nothing feels as transactional and void of the startup soul as when you don’t. I’ve experienced both and can’t point the finger: the cliche rings true, it takes two to tango. Founders and VCs can manage expectations by investing time well in advance to understand how the other operates. A good early stage investor commits time to getting to know a founder and their founding team. In our case, as often the first venture check in a startup, we think of getting to know founders as part of what we call “full-stack venture ..read more