Calacanis has dissolved investment deals and returned equity to incompatible founders
Jason Calacanis · Jason Calacanis: The World's Greatest Angel Investor · Jun 1, 2015 · at 36:40
Jason Calacanis discloses past actions where he unwound angel investments and gave equity back to founders due to lack of personal rapport.
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“If I don't like the person, I literally have had one or two people who, you know, wasn't working out, and I just said to them, like, listen, take my money, give me my money back, take your stock back, we'll rip up the agreement, I don't need you to pay me whatever the last round was, but you know, we shouldn't be working with each other if We are not simpatico.”
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