Hiten Shah: Founders must prioritize incentive alignment over personal friendship with investors
Hiten Shah · 20VC: Hiten Shah on The Right Way To Think About Depression, Control and Burnout, Why Nobody Really Knows What They Are Doing and How One Should Receive Advice As A Result & How To Gain Self-Awareness As A Leader · Aug 9, 2019 · at 15:46
Hiten Shah discusses founder-investor dynamics with host Harry Stebbings, warning against letting personal friendships obstruct hard business conversations.
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“If you have to make a hard decision or have a hard conversation with your investor or your investor needs to have a hard conversation with you cannot let the friendship get in the way because this is a business relationship and you need to make sure that you have incentive alignment with them.”
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