Investor Stories 465: Pricing Too Late, Selling Too Early, Investing Too Fast — Hard Lessons from Top VCs (Ramanujam, Cohen, Orlovski)

The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified · Mar 12, 2026 · 6m

On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured:

Madhavan Ramanujam of 49 Palms Ventures

David Cohen of Techstars

Victor Orlovski of R136 Ventures

We asked guests to tell the most important lesson they've learned in their career.

The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area.

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