Tackling Founder Conflicts with Will Klippgen | Cocoon Capital

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🕰️ Timestamps:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:09 - Relationship between Good Founding Teams
00:08:16 - Personality Disorders amongst Founders
00:11:59 - Major Reason for Conflict amongst Founders
00:14:09 - Risk Taking ability of the Founders
00:16:38 - Investor Response to Founder Conflicts Post-Investment
00:20:16 - Resolving Founding Team Conflicts
00:21:58 - Founder Red Flags Investors Look out for
00:25:33 - Tackling Founder Ego
00:27:09 - Impact of Founder Conflict on Company’s Success
00:30:52 - How can Startups navigate Product Market Fit?
00:35:58 - Resources to Educate Founders to tackle Conflicts
00:38:22 - Conclusion

💡 Summary :

In the latest episode of the Understanding VC podcast with Will Klippgen, the discussion delves into the intricacies of founder conflicts and their impact on startups. Will, an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, draws from his extensive experience to shed light on the dynamics within founding teams. Key takeaways include insights on the relationship dynamics within founding teams, addressing personality disorders among founders, and the pivotal role of risk-taking in navigating conflicts. The episode also explores investor responses to founder conflicts post-investment and strategies for resolving such conflicts. Will further discusses red flags investors watch for in founders and the importance of tackling founder ego. Finally, the episode concludes with reflections on the impact of founder conflicts on a company's success and resources available to educate founders in managing conflicts effectively.

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📍 About Will:

Will Klippgen is a Singapore-based Norwegian entrepreneur and technology venture capitalist who co-founded the price comparison portal Zoomit.com (later merged with Kelkoo, which was sold to Yahoo! in 2004). He served as one of the judges on the television series Angel's Gate, which was broadcast on Channel NewsAsia in 2012. Will is a co-founder and serves as the Managing Partner at Cocoon Capital. He holds an MBA from INSEAD where he is an Entrepreneur in Residence.

He has invested in over 55 startups in Singapore and across the world since 2004. His investments include PropertyGuru, Anacle Systems, ReferralCandy, Nugit, Tickled Media, iXiGO.com, See-Mode Technologies, SensorFlow, GuardRails, BuyMed and Augmentus.

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