No matter who you are and what you want to accomplish, your relationships are going to play important role in your life. This is particularly very very important for startups as they are trying to create ‘something’ out of nothing. Resources would always be less and time would always fly.
What can help startups is, their relationship with people in the ecosystem.
Just as an example, One of the most talked about topic between wannapreneurs ( individuals who wants to be entrepreneurs) is how to reach a Venture Capitalist. Many a times this thought gets into head and mess everything up even before individual has actually thought through the product/company he/she wants to make. This is beautifully captured in this post How to approach VC
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