The last, and best paragraph: At the end of the day, the trend toward informality doesn’t actually get away from the traditional business emphasis on appearanc

The last, and best paragraph: At the end of the day, the trend toward informality doesn’t actually get away from the traditional business emphasis on appearance and presentation. It just replaces one standard with another that is, in its own way, just as obsessed with appearance. Still, insofar as this new bias emphasises—at least for some time—originality, independence, and substance over style, it serves a purpose, as Mr Thiel's anecdote highlights. The irony is that it still has to go through style to get there. When it comes to dress code, slide deck preparation, demo length vs. pitch length, and what questions to expect, the answer is always the same: know who you are pitching to. The best entrepreneur isn't the one who always wears a hoodie or always wears a suit. The best entrepreneur is the one who picks one or the other out based on who they're going to meet that day.