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EmpiricalLagrange - tevm/acc
@eulerlagrange.eth
If you had to assess if a founder is suitable for venture funding with one question, what would you ask? Assume founder market fit, and venture scale idea. I’m getting at the people side of it
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Garrett
@garrett
what do you believe about the world?
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DV
@degenveteran.eth
Is this your life's work
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McBain
@mcbain
Why are you doing this?
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m_j_r
@m-j-r.eth
who gets the most consolation if things don't work out? how would they define the failure where they gracefully keep things whole while repeatedly engaging high-risk, high-reward? sort of a new "where in 5 years" question.
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ionspired
@ionspired
how long have you been working on this and what have you already done?
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zilla
@pris
The last bullet is because this demographic have more to prove. They are working hard against a system that’s not built for them but somehow figured out how to get in the same room as *you*. It’s not often where investors create a space where founders can be vulnerable and share stories that can touch all the above topics. Identifying people who can play the long game.
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zilla
@pris
One question is hard. There are attributes I can list that my corner of the world looks for: - non-linear careers or “portfolio careers”; focusing on collective skills acquired and ability to ramp/learn new things quickly, out of the box thinker, etc. Jamie Dimon is taking this approach now. - ability to fail; any experiences showcasing big risks and self-awareness around it, learnings to move forward - scrappy or showing gumption; no formal or elite degree, from underrepresented and/or lower socioeconomic backgrounds, immigrants, consulting exp, etc.
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Ashish
@iashish.eth
Will you sell your company?
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Vanessa Williams
@fridgebuzz.eth
“Do you have a life? Are you willing to give up everything to live and breathe your work for 10 years at least?” I would never personally seek venture funding because I am too old to work 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, for years at a stretch. Been there, done that. You need physical stamina and the willingness to put work first, *always*. And the chances are that you will still fail.
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Pierre H. — q/dau
@rektorship
what's your opinion on space colonisation
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vibrantty.degen.eth🎩🎭
@vibrantty
How did you discover this product?
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Fadil ツ
@blackkhammer.eth
What's the first thing you're doing if you get this funding
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Parker (Park-her) 💅
@parks
If your biggest competitor cloned your product tomorrow, how would you still win? Anytime I have asked this it has resulted in profoundly interesting answers from the greatest founders - and inversely less impressive from the mid ones. @eulerlagrange.eth
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