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START: Gaurav Maken, Community Partner, Pioneer Fund "500+ Y Combinator alumni investing in top Y Combinator startups"
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Pioneer Fund met Gaurav Maken at Y Combinator Demo Day, and today he works there as Community Partner.
What stayed with him was the way the meeting ran. The people across the table were curious rather than performing, and they wanted to understand what he was building.
That's carried into how Pioneer operates now. The team preps hard for every 30-minute founder meeting, several…