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Karim Daghari@karimdaghari · i make stuff.
Hi Jack, thanks for being with us. My questions are, as a seed investor what do you look for in a startup? (Growth? The vision? The business model? The team?), and do you have any advice for solo founders (with no history, i.e first startup) on how to approach (seed) investors?
Jack Altman@jack_altman
@karimdaghari broadly, I look at team, market, and product. In general, the earlier the company the more the team matters since you are betting on them to pick a good market and build a good product. I might even look at market more heavily than even team or product once there is a little traction. I think great markets can pull many companies along for the… See more
Jack Altman@jack_altman
@karimdaghari in terms of solo founders -- first thing is make sure you have a good support network :) startups are hard and if I didn't have @ekosz1 I would probably have gone crazy a couple times by now. In terms of approaching investors, I think it's the same deal. Why is what you're building important, why are you able to do it. Just needs some extra co… See more