Jon Dishotsky: Founders should continuously build investor relationships instead of isolated sprints
Jon Dishotsky · 20VC: How To Build True Human Relationships with VC Pre-Investment, Why Valuation Is Not The Only Term and When To Take Lower Offers & How To Approach Mental Health As A Founder with Jon Dishotsky, Founder & CEO @ Starcity · May 17, 2019 · at 16:26
Jon Dishotsky, founder and CEO of Starcity, shares advice on founder fundraising strategy and ongoing investor dialogue.
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“Without sort of soft pitching people throughout a series of meetings and You know, you really don't get a chance to build that relationship and your chances of success are just so much lower. Whereas I think you should just always be building fundraising relationships and then you're in fundraising mode.”
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