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Venture Capital. Thoughts and Much Less. - Rami Beracha


This is the blog of Rami Beracha on the venture capital world. Rami is co-founder of Sosa.
Miscommunication is a big problem. It's almost like a minefield. It starts just seconds after our first contact with someone and concludes with an amazing explosion...
The biggest error we make is always taking for granted that there is a complete alignment of expectations for both sides. We don't try to read the thoughts of our partner to figure out his expectations. There's one aspect, however, that we are completely in agreement with our partner on - he also doesn't miss an opportunity to widen this expectation gap .... We're not notified by anyone.
There are a myriad of reasons that could lead to miscommunications. People who are square are more likely to not to communicate well with liberal people. People who are aggressive may find it difficult to align expectations with passive individuals. But, this isn't difficult to recognize as we are all aware of the difference between liberal and squared, and passive and active.
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Imagine if they were different? You can imagine that there an in-between between them yet we do not know about it. No one has ever detected it or warned anyone else about it, or investigated it...NOT FREUD! !
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Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to a different kind of personality that we all share: The FULL CIRCLE versus the HALF CIRCLE types! !
Note : This is a the guidance for your behavior. After you've read the analysis, you should try to discover which personality best describes your personality. Also you should determine who your partner in real life is. If you realize that you're different types - as the Bono sings "we are all one, however we're different" If you do, then be extremely happy as you might have discovered the root-cause for the differences between you! If you're in the same category like me, I'm sorry to say that I'm unable to assist you in understanding why your relationships are awfully terrible.
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Here we are...
Humans can be divided into two categories. Some of us fall into the "full-circle" category that is a person who is totally independent and doesn't believe that the need for an accomplice. Sure, he needs a partner. Absolutely! It's all true ... But, he'll be able to survive without the perfect partner until he finds one. And, once he has found the one he wants, he would like to live the rest of his life shoulder to shoulder with his hopefully complete circle - partner.
The "half-a circle" kind is the opposite side of humanity. (No it's not a the full-circle type that was damaged in the delivery). When they discover the miserable animal that they have found, they won't ever let it go! To create the illusion of a happy circle, they'll try to join their victim physically. The Halves aren't going to compromise their love for each other. They will stare at each one another in the same manner from the distance for the rest. They won't settle for anything less intimate to fulfill their desire to join with the other half and create a whole.
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An interesting observation among the kinds is the way they choose to leave their companion. The entire circle will surely be able to let go of a person who has lost their connection quickly. The half-circle's on the other side will redefine the concept of 'having the same chemistry' as their partners to be: 'I'm hanging onto this B..ST..RD. until I can replace him in a proper manner'.
Imagine a dance where a half-a-circle and a full circle try to make their partner happy. However, the Half is able to make two steps to the left of the comfortable zone. The sudden invasion of his private space can be somewhat scary. So he fixes this zone-invasion-problem by making a gentle step backward. The problem is that he took half of his comfort zone .... and while the Half was convinced that the Full made an innocent error, the Half begins getting frustrated and takes another step backward. They understand why, but because they don't have the right terminology they can't adequately explain their rage and go to the wrong directions. If they had known that one half is a Half and the other is Full it could have helped them ...
Rami Beracha
While there is no one conclusion, there are a variety of ways to go about it.
1. Find out who you are
2. Find out who you are with
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3. Make the distinction.
3. Respect differences!
Actually, there's only one conclusion.

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