Great piece. It was thought provoking for me. My version of the blanket ask/offer has always been, "please let me know how I may be of service to you." We are service providers, not merely capital providers.
Having said that, I also recognized that ask/offer still puts the onus on the founder. So we always offer support by letting our portfolio companies know the things each member of our team is good at, and give some frames of reference. We each have general skills and specific ones. For example, firing someone? I'm your guy.
so help by collaborating not for the sake keeping yourself busy !
Great piece. It was thought provoking for me. My version of the blanket ask/offer has always been, "please let me know how I may be of service to you." We are service providers, not merely capital providers.
Having said that, I also recognized that ask/offer still puts the onus on the founder. So we always offer support by letting our portfolio companies know the things each member of our team is good at, and give some frames of reference. We each have general skills and specific ones. For example, firing someone? I'm your guy.