Jeremy Barr: Listening Is the Top Trait for Founder Investability
Jeremy Barr · Turn Your Self Audio Down and Watch Everything Change · Dec 5, 2023 · at 14:14
Jeremy Barr shares his core investment thesis on what makes startup founders investable.
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“Listening is probably the number one trait I'm always looking for because it applies to Pretty much everything for you to become like a gravity ball, which is my investable thesis. Is that gravity ball, your ability to communicate to and relate to a wide variety of people, pull in investors, partners, customers, and employees.”
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