Founder of the Opera Web Browser Explains How Bad Investors Can Destroy a Startup

Even one of the most popular pieces of software in the world wasn’t safe!

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
7 min readDec 28, 2020

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When I began fundraising for my first startup over 15 years ago, an early mentor of mine warned me: “Choose your investors wisely.” At the time, I remember thinking the advice seemed like a strange…

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com