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YES, IT’S OK TO SAY NO

Three years ago, during our Series A, I was talking to a lot of people I didn’t know and a lot of people who didn’t know me. And I turned down everyone who wanted to invest with a board seat as a prerequisite.

This is highly abnormal; everyone will tell you when you’re raising money that you can’t say no unless you’re already a massive success.

But my goal, which

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