Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 7)

Raj accepted an EIR position with Foundation Capital. Such arrangements typically have the EIRs reviewing business plans and providing their own technical expertise to any of the VC’s portfolio companies, while incubating a new startup of their own. Below, he explains some of the general terms for being an EIR, including his role with Foundation.

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Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 6)

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Story of an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Raj Vaswani (Part 5)

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