If you look at the last two reviews of Jess, they aren’t really criticisms of her — she’s doing as much as she can but the problem is with Soma’s strategy and the MP (Aneel). Of course she can’t be super helpful being a year out of college (and calling her out for her 50 Linkedin positions is kind of extra) but that’s not her job. Her job is to make sure things move smoothly and she’s responsive and she does that very well. Moreover, when I ask for intros to other companies in the Soma umbrella, she does promptly send an email but the limiter is Aneel’s decision to invest in all these startups at such a small amount. I’ve asked for intros before that requires Aneel’s network (in other words, Vivek’s network) and she loops in Aneel as she should — usually the intros aren’t strong but that’s on Aneel’s weak network, not on Jess at all. The Slack is pretty dead, but she at least tried to foster community there and what more can you expect. If you think she comes off as fake or insincere, welcome to VC because most investors are like that. I have a top VC who backed our Series A and they are no different (outside of a better brand and more connections). Don’t hate the player. Hate the coach and the game.

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