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This sounds shitty, but if you have to ask, then you’re probably not the person they are looking for. People with legit founder tenacity and skills will find a

• EGreg 8y ago
  Yes, it does sound a bit shitty, but only because it seems to shame the founder rather than just point out that the venture capital business is run a certain way (including with each one advertising and buiding their own ecosystem and network and brand). Why do you think there is a constant culture of blaming of startup founders for not working 20 hour days or not having enough “hustle” skills or “tenacity” because they didn’t get through to a VC or land VC funding? In the 1960s-90s that was a bit like blaming musicians for not being discovered by the A&R department of the record labels. Only a few can make it that way, the rest today use Spotify / Patreon / YouTube etc. and are discovered and approached later. I like A16Z a lot. But I am curious, what is your background, did you have the founder tenacity, do you know founders that had it, that easily got meetings with partners of VC firms? Do you think anyone could do it if they didn’t live in the Valley? To me, a compelling way to be introduced is to have your app already out and being used by everyone and making money. Before you approach a VC.