The best VCs assume a founder's premise to evaluate upside potential
Andrew Farah · 20VC: The Mindset The Best Investors Assume When Assessing Opportunities, Why So Many Hardware Startups Fail Today & The Right Way To Think About Employee Retention with Andrew Farah, Founder & CEO @ Density · Sep 7, 2018 · at 23:32
Andrew Farah, founder and CEO of Density, discusses the most valuable traits in venture capital investors with host Harry Stebbings.
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“The best venture capitalists I've ever spoken to assume your premise and then ask, okay, what could happen if you were right? And you spend 45 minutes talking about that portion of the idea and not 45 minutes justifying your existence.”
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