I actually checked the comments to see if anyone else jumped on this quote. Couldn't agree with you more.
Mark spends a great deal of his post talking about how the world is getting smaller, and his time is getting more and more scarce. There are so many "early stage investors" now that entrepreneurs have the same problem. You could take 3 meetings a day on investors who "want to catch up and see how your traction is". Many of them claim that they can provide insight, mentorship, yadda yadda. Some of them will, some of them won't, and as others have pointed out, some of them will want to, but may have to invest disproportionally in backing other horses.
I understand why he wrote this paragraph, as he wants to reinforce that he's one of the ones who gives attention to his startups, but it reads as if he's either naive or lying.
Mark spends a great deal of his post talking about how the world is getting smaller, and his time is getting more and more scarce. There are so many "early stage investors" now that entrepreneurs have the same problem. You could take 3 meetings a day on investors who "want to catch up and see how your traction is". Many of them claim that they can provide insight, mentorship, yadda yadda. Some of them will, some of them won't, and as others have pointed out, some of them will want to, but may have to invest disproportionally in backing other horses.
I understand why he wrote this paragraph, as he wants to reinforce that he's one of the ones who gives attention to his startups, but it reads as if he's either naive or lying.
This paragraph aside, the rest of it is solid.
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