Sahil Mehta
9 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 25, 2025 by Sahil Mehta · across every show →
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Mar 25, 2025 negative
Mar 25, 2025
Mar 25, 2025 neutral
Mehta: Investors must dig deeper when good founders fail at pitching
“Sometimes the ideas are really good, but for whatever reason, they're just not able to communicate properly, either through slide decks or pitch decks or verbally. And It requires a little bit more effort on my side to see, does this actually have potential?”
Mar 25, 2025 positive
Mar 25, 2025
Mehta: Handling unexpected questions reveals a founder's intellectual honesty
“And are they rushing into the answer because they want to try to show that they're, they know things and why are they going to be honest and say, maybe I've not thought about it. Can I get a few minutes to think about it? So just how they approach the answer i…”
Mar 25, 2025 neutral
Mehta: Investors should walk away from deals over any perceived red flag
“Even if the company ends up being a success, there's no shortage of investment opportunities that are out there. And that's what one of my mentors always told me. He said, Seil, don't be impatient. If you see a red flag, Whether it's real or it's not, or it's …”
Mar 25, 2025 negative
Mehta passes on exit-driven founders regardless of attractive deal terms
“If the founders only cared about what is my exit, I want to get rich. And it wasn't so much about the customers or the problem they were solving or their core values didn't align with mine. No matter how attractive the deal looked like, I would just politely d…”
Mar 25, 2025 negative
Mehta: Founders refusing experienced mentor advice present a major red flag
“However, there's many that I could have learned from others, and so if someone is not open to receiving, for me, that's a bit of a red flag, because I know they're going to make mistakes, and I certainly don't want them to make too many mistakes on my diet.”
Mar 25, 2025 positive
Mehta uses unexpected questions to reveal authentic founder character
“So sometimes it's about make sure you've got a set of questions, powerful questions in your toolkit in, in your hat, I mean, that you can pull out and ask these founders which are completely random to them at least, but it enables you to better understand them…”