> VCs invest into your track record and the ability to put together and retain a good team. "Ex-Google" is a good signal that the person can at the very least _technically_ do what they are promising to do, once they take the cash.
> Nobody has ever promised that money will be given for phenotype traits alone.
Who knew, thanks for enlightening me. Let's just say that I have VCs emailing me now.
And women even more so, not because of any inherent differences in anything but the selection process biases.
Women of color even more so, not because of any inherent differences in anything but selection bias.
Just watch the biases and the whole process even out to an actual chance for all the ideas floating around.
Doesn't have anything to do with teams or ROI when you're talking to a first time pitcher.
They might as well bring in a psychic to pick their investments. But they can't let their LPs know that. They've got to justify their fee and so they will do it the safest way possible which is to be copycats or at most choose the most defensible options.