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by jamesjguthrie 4979 days ago
I personally find it hard to build relationships like these. They seem to be out of my reach.

What about advice for UK startups, or even Scottish startups?

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Most of the same advice applies, connect to your local startup community and use that to get intros to VCs. What do you find difficult about building relationships ?

If you're in London a number of VCs run open-hours where anyone can come along and meet them.

I always end up telling myself that I'd be better off staying in and doing work than going out to meet people...
The greatest product in the world isn't the greatest if nobody knows about it. On the other hand, you could have everybody knowing about it but nothing actually worth knowing about.

I find it's a delicate balance. You have to work on the product but you need to go out and meet people too.