I sit at enough board meetings to hear conflicting advice given to entrepreneurs about how to handle PR and announcements at startups. I think many board members (including VCs) were trained 10+ years ago when life was very different and their advice often comes from an outdated lens.
One of the advantages of blogging, using social media, public speaking, etc as a VC is that you get a more nuanced view of these shifts by watching your own successes and failures.
Over the past couple of years I’ve written down some of my thoughts and it’s started to add up enough that I’ve now created a new tab on this blog with PR related articles on the topic. I will add to this as I write more in the coming weeks on the topic.
To read the original article: Should Startups Announce Their Funding?
