Camilo Acosta

They can choose their investors.

And so they will have leverage in that dynamic always.

Once you come in, they still will have leverage over you, even if no matter how big your position is in the company, because they can always raise more from someone else.

So I don't think from a founder perspective, you just have to be conscious that that's the dynamic now.

And that's okay.

I'm not here to be in the spotlight.

I'm here to support founders.

I like how Vinod Khosla says he's not a VC.

He's a venture assistant.

He helps founders.

He assists them.

And a service provider, that is the role.

You have to own that and let this ego of the VC push that aside.

And it doesn't mean that your relationships are fraught.

It just means that you have to be careful with those people.

I'm fortunate enough to know people who worked with Steve Jobs or were on board with Steve Jobs.

And they all knew, you've got to be careful with him.

It doesn't mean that you can't have a relationship with him.

It doesn't mean that he's not extraordinary.

It just means you just have to be careful.