· Is it an investors role to get involved in the emotional resilience of a founder?

· Why should investors care about the health of the entrepreneurs they work with?

· What is Simon doing differently and why does he believe in the importance of an entrepreneur’s emotional health?

Founders often reach a point when they need to look beyond family and friends to continue funding their growing business. This is the moment where they look for external investment, for venture capital. Beyond financing, what else is there to a VC and founder relationship? Do investors actually care about the emotional and mental state of the company founders they invest in? 

For many, it is not a factor. For others, like Simon Cant, it is. Simon’s views are informed by his personal experiences. Experiences he shares with Vladi and Nektarios about how dealing with the roadblocks he encountered during his career, now helps shape how he works with company founders. He believes that investors should value an entrepreneur’s state, and provide them with the right tools so they can manage their own state. 

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Reading:

· Grace, VC and Surrender, blog by Simon Cant

· The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell

· The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck

· Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

· Crossing the Unknown Sea: Work as A Pilgrimage of Identity by David Whyte

· That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief, Harvard Business Review

· Here’s How Some VC Firms Are Trying To Keep Founder Mental Health In Mind, Crunchbase

· Investors and entrepreneurs need to address the mental health crisis in startups, TechCrunch

· Techstars Entrepreneurship and Mental Health Original Series, Techstars

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