What founders actually need: capital, infrastructure, honest feedback, and one door they can knock on at midnight. Everything else is decoration.
Serial entrepreneur, AFoundery venture studio founder, angel investor, mentor, and public speaker. Harvard Business School alumnus. 20+ years building ventures across USA, Mexico, India & Nepal. 30+ startup investments via TheSeedFund.vc.
What founders actually need: capital, infrastructure, honest feedback, and one door they can knock on at midnight. Everything else is decoration.
Ideas don't deserve loyalty. Customers deserve loyalty. Your family deserves loyalty. Ideas must earn their keep.
The gap between where you are and where you want to be is called work. There's no other bridge.
First they ignore your idea. Then one person says "this could work." That person changes everything.