To create a healthy startup ecosystem, you need predators.
That's why it can feel rough in Silicon Valley when you're running a startup. Like you're swimming with sharks.
"VCs, maybe are like predatory sharks, but they also provide the nutrients that prime the pump," Eric Berlow, a University of California at Berkeley ecologist, and founder of Tru North Labs.
"If they were just 'consuming' startups and not 'feeding them', then there would be no startups."
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