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Questions VCs Will Ask You
As a partner at an early-stage VC firm, I hear 100s of pitches each year.
Lack of clarity in your answers is one of the biggest mistakes I see (even when you're pre-product and pre-revenue).
Here are 10 questions that top founders nail down before their pitch.
Jason Chenx.comI'm obsessed with quantifying the intangible. There is so much vagueness in venture. We are all trying to find high-agency, relentless problem-solvers that are 0.001% exceptional within a domain... but what objective signals can actually/reliably indicate this?
The answer is always by going deep and detailed. I've... See more
Cole Rotmanx.comLulu
The first one is what gives you a right to exist. There is already 40,000 companies doing something like you, and then there's 15 companies doing what sounds exactly like what you're doing, and then there's three other companies that are literally doing exactly what you're doing, at least to the outside eyes. Why don't you just go join them?... See more
The first one is what gives you a right to exist. There is already 40,000 companies doing something like you, and then there's 15 companies doing what sounds exactly like what you're doing, and then there's three other companies that are literally doing exactly what you're doing, at least to the outside eyes. Why don't you just go join them?... See more
Jack Dorsey’s advice to founders raising venture capital
Jack’s first piece of advice is to make sure you have something to show investors:
“First and foremost, I always want to go to anyone that I want to work with with something to show.”
At Twitter, they made... See more
Startup Archivex.comDD questions
Here are some of the best and most insightful questions a venture capital (VC) investor should ask startup leaders, covering key dimensions such as the founders' motivation, business model, market opportunity, scalability, competition, team, traction, risks, and financials:
Core Questions to Uncover Vision, Problem, and Motivation
- What
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