Early on, investors work closely with founders to provide context and reduce their workload. As the company scales and hires more staff, that hands-on involvement fades. The goal becomes being the founder's first call for advice when they need it.
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As your founders build companies and you see them grow, how has your relationship with them evolved?
I think in the early days, you're just a lot more hands-on, understandably, because the boat is smaller and there are less people rowing. And so, you know, we try and take a reasonably hands-on approach. We want to have the context, we want to partner, we want to give you the advice and again, lighten the cognitive load to help you go further faster. But as companies scale, as more people come in, as you hire more people, as you raise subsequent rounds of financing, you don't need us in that same way anymore. And so for us, you know, our goal is always, can we build enough trust such that we're the first call? And if we can get to that level, fantastic, because we want to maintain those relationships and give outlets to founders.