Some investors have a reputation for pressuring founders to keep their employee option pools relatively small. That would certainly be an issue for me. It wou

Some investors have a reputation for pressuring founders to keep their employee option pools relatively small. That would certainly be an issue for me. It would also be a red flag if an investor had a reputation for prematurely taking control away from the founders. It could be a problem if an investor had publicly espoused views that I considered despicable, but I would want to be sure I understood exactly what they believed before reaching such a conclusion.