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Dishotsky: Optimizing seed valuation caps between $6M and $12M is pointless
“If you're trying to value invest at the seed stage, it's kind of a silly exercise. So I think that like optimizing between a six cap and a 12 cap is really like, I just don't know that that's going to be the right way to invest. I think you're just kind of lik…”
Dishotsky: Averaging advice from mentors leads to mediocre startup decisions
“Really try to not optimize on the average of all that advice, but really take in sort of the good and the bad, but take it and do it your way. And I think that's really, really important. Otherwise you'll end up with some of a lot of mediocre advice.”
Jon Dishotsky: Founders should continuously build investor relationships instead of isolated sprints
“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 relat…”