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    Stop Leading With the Deck. Lead With the Decision.

    Stop Leading With the Deck. Lead With the Decision. Most fund managers walk into LP meetings like they are about to defend a dissertation. They open the laptop. They click into slide one. They start m

    ByJeff Barnes, MBA
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    Reviewed by Jeff Barnes — CEO of Angel Investors Network · MBA · $1B+ in Capital Formation
    Stop Leading With the Deck. Lead With the Decision.

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