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Vinod Khosla

Entrepreneurs should like their venture capital investors as people, but VCs aren’t supposed to be their friends.

That’s according toVinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, and former cofounder of Sun Microsystems and former investor at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The straight-talking, self-described venture assistant (don’t ever call him a venture capitalist) spoke in a talk at South By Southwest with 500 Startups’ Dave McClure.

Instead of partying with their entrepreneurs, investors should be pushing them as hard as possible and helping them solve their toughest problems, Khosla said.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Vinod Khosla To Entrepreneurs: Venture Capitalists Are Not Your Friends - Forbes