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When patient capital enables mission drift

I've been patient capital for this education startup for three years but the founder keeps pivoting away from serving low-income kids toward more profitable markets and I feel like I'm funding my own betrayal.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between supporting entrepreneurs and protecting mission creates a conflict between loyalty and integrity.

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