E121 Mark Terbeek, Partner at Greycroft, talking about founder-investor-fit on Fireside with a VC. One of the keys to success is carefully selecting your investors, building a well-functioning board of directors and managing these long-term relationships. How to evaluate VCs and create founder-investor fit and maintain this over time even if the board member from the venture firm changes and you bring on new board members as you go through your venture funding journey. Best practices on how VCs should approach being a board member.

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