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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

And if your fund does well – i.e. your companies either raise more money or they grow their revenues a lot – you also don’t make more money, because your salary is based on a percentage of your fund size. see point #4) 6) And you have a limited number of investors you can accept. You can’t throw in the towel.

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11 Things I've learned from running a micro VC in the last year

Hippoland

And if your fund does well – i.e. your companies either raise more money or they grow their revenues a lot – you also don’t make more money, because your salary is based on a percentage of your fund size. see point #4) 6) And you have a limited number of investors you can accept. You can’t throw in the towel.

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