You’re facing a lot of uncomfortable situations with founders you really like. You’re constantly fighting mental biases around you’re decision making. You’re saying no a lot. Like, really a lot.

That’s super uncomfortable, especially when you were already struggling with turning down those pesky telemarketing guys selling you magazines you don’t even want.

As you move along and learn the ropes, the value you provide to the founders you’re interacting with increases exponentially. You learn how to judge who you want to invest in faster. Your confidence goes up and you start investing based on conviction rather than fomo. You

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“I would never buy your product,” siger en deltager fra publikum på engelsk. “When I am sightseeing in Barcelona, I do not want to waste data logging onto your website,” fortsætter han. De tre unge mænd foran os, som lige har lige pitchet deres forretningsmodel, kigger nervøst på hinanden. “That is your opinion, but we have talked to a range of tourist offices that said our platform is interesting,” svarer en af oplægsholderne på engelsk med en tyk, dansk accent. Kritikken hagler ned over de tre unge fyre i 20 minutter. Publikums feedback til holdets pitch er knusende. De bliver…