A short transcript excerpt of a Precursor Ventures YouTube video describing a difficult, candid conversation a partner had with an individual whose behavior was unintentionally harming a founder (CEO). The speaker links the problem to internal fund dynamics rather than company issues and emphasizes the need to address interpersonal impact between investors and founders.
I had to have one of those with somebody earlier this year where I had to, in no uncertain terms tell them they were driving the CEO insane. And I hypothesized that it had to do with something that was actually unrelated to the company and completely related to an internal dynamic at their fund. And that was in fact the case. And it was an awkward conversation for the first 20 minutes and then once we kind of broke through and got to the real issue, the person was unaware that they were showing up in this way. He's like, this is not you. You are better than this. But this is the impact you're having on the founder and we need solve this. This is like not okay. I was like, you're creating a gigantic detractor in this founder and I don't think you want that either. The person was on the one hand like, it sucks that we're having this conversation. I'm glad that you had the courage to have it with me. I'm.
