An investor explains that founders need investors who show up with deep commitment and deliver hard truths. Avoiding tough conversations is a failure. Trust comes from consistent support that earns the credibility to be candid.
I would love to hear more about how you think about founders nurturing relationships with their investing team. What are some of the lessons that you've learned both on the founder and the investor side there?
I very consciously show up as an investor committed to saying the hard truths, but doing it from a place of— I don't want to say love, that sounds corny, but doing it from a place of kind of ultimate commitment. So I have earned the right to tell my founders hard things because they know that I do it from a position of supporting them 100%. And if I'm ever not saying the truth or I'm kind of hiding the ball on something because I think they don't want to hear it or it's not going to land well, or I don't want to have a tough conversation, then I'm not doing my job.
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