The only thing I can add: At the beginning of a relationship, everybody is kind. Background checks not just help, they are essential, do them.
Getting into conflicts and power plays with VCs, or just any person at some point, should be expected but there are still huge differences in how people deal in messy situations in terms of morale and ethics. You will find everything between feeling uneasy and facing a nuclear war.
The only thing I can add: At the beginning of a relationship, everybody is kind. Background checks not just help, they are essential, do them.
Getting into conflicts and power plays with VCs, or just any person at some point, should be expected but there are still huge differences in how people deal in messy situations in terms of morale and ethics. You will find everything between feeling uneasy and facing a nuclear war.