Fafadia: Founder friendliness means honest partnership, not conceding to every request
Ashish Fafaria · Before Applying For A Venture Capital Job, Watch This Podcast! I Blume Ventures Partner I Neon Show · Jan 19, 2024 · at 1:36:29
Ashish Fafadia, Partner at Blume Ventures, clarifies what founder friendliness truly entails in venture capital governance and support.
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“Founder friendliness of Bloom does not mean that We are exceeding to the founders request all the time. It's about a partnership and the founder respects our feedback, even though it might not be what he wants to hear. And the friendliness is about the best interest of the business and the company at all points in time”
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