Comment from Kirk Coburn, founder and managing director, SURGEVentures
While not every clash between founders and investors can be attributed to these elements, you will find that in many cases, clear clashes between the two can be related back to these elements.
Founders often become highly emotionally invested in their startups
In the cleantech industry, this could, for example, start with your excitement over your new idea: something that has the potential to revolutionise clean energy, enable the circular economy or expand clean energy into a new market. You…