The behavior of investors is often opaque to founders
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Fundraising is hard because it's intrinsically difficult to convince people to part with large sums of money 1 0 2and
The behavior of investors is often opaque to founders 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
Fundraising is distracting and can halt other operations in a startup 1 0 2Mentions
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