This is very “people experiencing homelessness” coded The way to be empathetic and service oriented is by being empathetic and service oriented not by contorting language eg “the founder of a business my firm invested in”

you should definitely be empathetic and service oriented, most importantly. but also not call them "my founders"

Hah we will talk about this on the podcast. Strong disagree. My friend. My mother. My teammates. I don’t think I own any of them. Good topic for the pod my friend. I will come for this one! 😉

let's do it!

disagree. “my family”

i think this example and also "my mother, "my father," etc are the strongest counter examples not sure why, but this still bothers me. i like the debate though.

My mother My brother My father I don’t own those people. It’s a relationship. As a founder I often said “my investor” I don’t own that person it’s a relationship These are non-things imo But also Good Morning and happy Thursday 🫂

Holy pedantry Batman! There are so many annoying VC-isms to come after… this is not one of them. I’ll meet you in the middle and say VCs should never say how much revenue “we” did regarding a portfolio company. But this… yeah this ain’t it chief

Disagree but that’s ok

they just call me “claude code but it has a company”

As a former VC turned VC-backed founder, doesn’t bother me “My patients” “My friends” What bugs me more is companies referring to startups raising as “deals” which feels dehumanizing/bankery

Dunno, way less triggering than “we’re pregnant”

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i felt triggered being called "my investor" by a founder. they don't own me. still working thru this in therapy...

This is not something a VC should be spending time thinking about or for that matter, any of us.

Yeah