VC Uncovered · David Roos, Core Innovation Capital
The Founder Signal Most VCs Miss
“80% of the time, the idea that the founder funds product market fit with is not the idea that the pre-seed investor invested in.”
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Yeah. Well, I will say, you know, it's probably super repetitious with what other venture funds say on this podcast and everywhere, but it really comes down to the team at the
early stage. I think I was listening to one of your podcasts, or you mentioned that 80% of the time, the idea that the founder funds product market fit with is not the idea that the nail
pre-seed investor invested in. So you have to believe in the founder. And I look for a few different things. One is, you know, an incredible intensity of the founder. It has to be obsessed with a
certain vision and