Entrepreneurs who straddle the door, while trying to maintain the “resume padding window” will fail. End of story. (Audio lecture length 14:21)
Episode/lecture in which I recount my two (very) regrettable interactions with venture capitalists, and make the case that VCs have setup a for-profit cottage industry that targets people who want to be entrepreneurs, as opposed to helping people who actually are entrepreneurs. (Audio lecture length 49:58)