Founders need to be asked those questions. Those are important questions, that the founders should be asking themselves, but also are going to have gaps in aski

Founders need to be asked those questions. Those are important questions, that the founders should be asking themselves, but also are going to have gaps in asking themselves. The same enthusiasm that causes them to want to work on these problems also causes them to miss vital questions. Be mindful when asking that type of question. Not every founder needs to hear every question from you. But if they come to you for council, do ask those questions, because a ton of them they'd better have immediate answers to, and the rest they probably should have thought of already. But one of the most valuable services you can provide, as a friend, is to be a sounding board and to make certain they have iterated across all of those questions. That does mean a substantial mental investment from you in maintaining that checklist.