drkatejarvis

This is so true - "even basic professionalism pays off. Just showing up on time, having read the deck/thought about the business, asking good questions" Yes, fundraising can be stressful and time consuming. But in general showing up ill prepared is boring for everyone. No conversation that starts from 0 and is 20-30 minutes can be truly interesting to either party, because it's just an exercise in each side trying to put each other in a variety of 'boxes' - 'We're the Harvey AI of RE' 'We're the only REAL VC built by founders, for founders'. I haven't built a successful business by boring people to tears with ill-founded aphorisms, so it's nice not to have those 'hows the weather' chats with VCs.