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Taking Ghosting Personally #founder #venturecapital #siliconvalley #ai

17 Mar 2025 · 0 min

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A short conversational YouTube clip (Precursor Ventures) about founders and investors experiencing "ghosting"—being ignored or given no-response in sales and fundraising contexts. Speakers discuss how founders naturally take ghosting personally, and note the difficulty of advising founders not to take it personally when their company and vision are at stake.

I also think, like, in all sales situations, people get ghosted. LPs ghost.
Me, investors.
Ghost me, investor.
People want to try to make that happen.
And it's hard to tell people, don't take it personal when it's your company and your vision and you're putting yourself out there. So I don't tell people, don't take it personal. Of course you're going to take it personal. And like, just as a different way of saying no, I thought, like.