It's funny when I think about it now, but growing up I always had an irrationally positive view of my older brother. Not only could he not do anything wrong, but I latched on to anything he said and internalized it. He once told me that “TV commercials are basically lies,” and to this day I can't watch TV without thinking I am having the wool pulled over my eyes. Pretty typical stuff for a kid growing up no doubt.
It’s the same story for the venture capital industry in Canada. I think that Canadian venture capitalists and entrepreneurs alike have developed an irrationally positive opinion of those outside their geography and asset class. Specifically of buyout managers and American venture capitalists. There is some fundamental desire to be just like them, to act like them, sound like them, and look like them.
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Author: Jevon MacDonald
