And later that week, during the interview with Gil Penchina, Jason mentions the benefits of being nice, after being screwed over by someone who shut him out of a deal and took advantage of a founder by offering them a term sheet & telling them not to shop it around.
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Possibly related: last week on This Week In Startups, the interview with Yossi Vardi discussed his philosophy of only investing in "nice" people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozcfDoC-srM#t=14m37s
And later that week, during the interview with Gil Penchina, Jason mentions the benefits of being nice, after being screwed over by someone who shut him out of a deal and took advantage of a founder by offering them a term sheet & telling them not to shop it around.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flX3NEb5bf0#t=30m49s
(more specific comments here) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flX3NEb5bf0#t=37m57s
Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it's curious to see so much discussion of "nice" at the moment.