Founders must learn how to build and maintain circles of trust with investors

Matt Cohen Contributor

Founder and managing partner at Ripple Ventures, Matt Cohen is a business operator turned early-stage investor.

Tony Conrad Contributor

Having founded about.me and Sphere (both acquired by AOL), Tony brings founder and startup leadership expertise to his partner role at True.

Many VCs tout their mentorship and hands-on approach to founders, especially those who run early-stage startups. But in the recent era of lightning-fast rounds closing at sky-high valuations, the cap tables of early-stage startups are becoming increasingly crowded.

This isn’t to say that the value VCs bring has

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