# @20vchq on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DafvTwOjP5G
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67483510-20vchq-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a640dcf887.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-07T15:03:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 20VC with Harry Stebbings (@20vc) — https://gondola.cc/20vc

## Caption

Comment "Watch" for the full conversation 🎧️⁠
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A VC’s job isn’t to tell founders exactly what to build.⁠
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Michael Mignano says one of the biggest lessons from moving from operator to investor is learning not to project your own ideas onto a company.⁠
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Even if you think you’re right, it’s still the founder’s company.⁠
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And if you back a team based on your plan rather than theirs, you might be making the wrong bet.⁠
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#vc #founders #startup

## Stats

- **Views:** 1,380
- **Likes:** 73
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 6

## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 20VC with Harry Stebbings | @20vc | https://gondola.cc/20vc | Podcast |

## Tags

founders, startup, vc

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