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“Why did team X raise Y at Z whereas team A only raised B at C?”

1. Market, team, product all count but one more than others 

2. Fundraising is a skill, funds raised is an output

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lol - harsh, but true. 

Early on in my career when I stopped taking things personally or blaming others, and recognized I just wasn’t good enough (yet), I actually started getting good.

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Is this really about being good? 

To me fundraising is reflective of relationships, not work output? It’s not meritocratic

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I mean, this wasn’t a nuanced conversation before 😂 “skill issue bro” “get gud”. But sure 👍 

I only bring it up because I have seen people go mad bc they got psyopped into thinking they could outwork the need for relationship building

Okay. 

Happy to discuss this sometime in detail. Short form text isn't a good way to have a highly nuanced conversation.