[joshuamerrill]

I love this thread: it's populated either by founders of Manu's portfolio companies, or entrepreneurs who pitched him and got valuable advice instead. I fall into both categories: the former in my current company, the latter in my previous one.

I think anyone who knows Manu can attest that a great investor provides so much more than money. In fact, this is part of his investment thesis, and, in my opinion, helps to explain why his first fund was such a success.

So if you're raising your seed round and you haven't talked with Manu, you should be asking yourself: why?