136. You Have To Believe The Story You're Selling feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
VC Minute08/10/23 • 2 min
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08/10/23 • 2 min
VC Minute - 136. You Have To Believe The Story You're Selling feat. Neha Govindraj, CEO @ Bonside
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I think the thing about fundraising is so much of it is storytelling and your ability to storytell, and you can really only storytell so much as you believe it. That really comes to life in fundraising for venture capital You have to believe the story that you're selling. And it's way too easy to sell the story that someone else wants to hear because you're probably a sharp person, can react quickly, can tell someone what they wanna hear, an
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