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List the top 3-5 things that you prioritize when considering a deal:
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Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company creating a new market
A company whose founder has 2 successful exits
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has clear network effects
A company with exceptional annual retention
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has a founder that we believe is a once in a lifetime type of founder
A company that is just now made possible because of some major technological breakthrough or underlying technology trend (iphone, AWS, etc.)
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has an NPS of 60 (N=1600 and has been properly collected/calculated)
A company with a founding team that we have clear chemistry with
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that is entering a large industry full of old incumbents, with a new software or tech enabled offering
A company that has a lot of VC attention (hot round, hot space, top tier investors in the seed round, etc.)
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has strong brand affinity (trusted brand, category defining)
A company whose founder is the worlds leading expert on the problem the company is solving
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company who had top tier investors like Sequoia, a16z, or GC, lead their previous round
A company whose founder has 2 successful exits
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company with a true first mover advantage
A company that has a patent protected technology
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has made significant progress/gained traction in a market with real barriers to entry (i.e. it's hard for new competitors to enter)
A company that is serving an entirely new category of customer
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has a product that inherently improves and becomes more effective as the company scales (marketplaces, customization, etc.)
A company with founders that have proven they can hire A+ talent around them
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has evidence of a repeatable customer acquisition strategy with strong unit economics
A company where the founder has lived experience with the problem they are solving
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company where the founder was the head of product at XYZ unicorn in the same market they are building in now
A company that has the capacity for an ecosystem of businesses to be built on top of it
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has a unique community that is hard to replicate
A company at the series A stage and has acquired 80% of their users via organic channels
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company at the series A stage that has been intentionally capital efficient, maybe even bootstrapped, and has exciting traction and growth
A company that has clear evidence of data network effects that will continue to improve as the company scales.
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company serving a market large enough that a single business line can be a $200m business by itself
A company that has $2m in revenue and is 2 years old
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company that has $1.5m in revenue and is growing 20% MoM for the last 4 months
A company that is building in a market that has a very large TAM
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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An SaaS company with strong lock in and high switching costs
An enterprise SaaS company with >20 customers and has 90% annual retention rates
Assuming all things being equal, which would you be more interested in investing in?
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A company creating a new market
A company with clear network effects
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