{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.sure.ventures%2Fepisodes%2Fopenly-communicate-6vFs4PPj","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Lower your shield and openly communicate with investors","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/747ace83-90b7-478c-9e1f-0e8d5404007a/6be66d74-f93d-4033-a0b8-7ec9f24b3d69/tsse-farooq-abbasi.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/0ef2b626-ce6b-4d5e-9e30-a80362e30dad\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Lower your shield and openly communicate with investors\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Farooq Abbasi, founder and general partner at Preface Ventures, invests in early stage enterprise software startups. An optimist by nature, he entered into VC at the age of 19. He shares why founder openness, commitment and grit are key to investments."}