> I fully agree, but I've yet to meet a VC that really appreciates honest, no bullshit answers.
That's because you need to be able to effectively bullshit your customers and users. If you can bullshit the VC, well then surely, you can bullshit anyone.
I've talked with plenty VCs and my impression is they strongly prefer founders that are happy to bullshit them, and ask questions particularly to test that.
My theory is that the good ones do this on purpose, and the bad ones got bullshitted so often that they got used to it.
I don't think it's a terribly bad strategy even. If you're looking for Travis Kalanick style "growth at all costs" type founders, then brutal honesty is pretty low on the list of important character traits.