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Teli: VCs should avoid detailed rejection feedback because founders debate it
“With, what I like to do is give just a couple of reasons for why, like, you know, the most important reason for why, but not too detailed, because the problem with giving really detailed feedback is I've rarely had an entrepreneur who didn't try to argue with …”
Sitar Teli Dec 30, 2015 ▶ 16:00 20 VC: How To Say No Fast and Efficiently and Why UX Must Always Be At The Core Of What You Do with Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
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Teli: VC funds need partners with founder or early-stage experience
“If you're starting a fund, to have someone, or at least some of the partners, have started a company, or been very early in a company, because I think they can relate to founders in a very different way.”
Sitar Teli Dec 30, 2015 ▶ 7:43 20 VC: How To Say No Fast and Efficiently and Why UX Must Always Be At The Core Of What You Do with Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
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Teli: Fast rejections are the most valuable service VCs offer founders
“So, so, so I think that actually the biggest thing that you can do to provide value is to say no as quickly as possible. Because you know, the, what's more valuable, right? It's the entrepreneur's time. That's like the most valuable thing. And so the longer th…”
Sitar Teli Dec 30, 2015 ▶ 13:46 20 VC: How To Say No Fast and Efficiently and Why UX Must Always Be At The Core Of What You Do with Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
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Teli: Portfolio support is the best marketing for a VC fund
“For us, we've always played the long game in terms of marketing, which is the best marketing we can do is the companies we invest in, and working them really well, and if we do that right, that's how we build our brand, and that's how we build our reputation”
Sitar Teli Dec 30, 2015 ▶ 11:19 20 VC: How To Say No Fast and Efficiently and Why UX Must Always Be At The Core Of What You Do with Sitar Teli, Managing Partner @ Connect Ventures
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