"At the end of the day, products can change, features can be rebuilt, you're going to pivot. However, your core beliefs is usually what drives the long-term orientation of what the business is going to be about."

"If I feel like you wrote an AI slop machine to get to me, then I know that you're just blasting this. And if you're just blasting this, then that's already a negative signaling for me in terms of you're not very thoughtful, you're not very intentional."

"Ask the investor what their concerns are about moving forward. You're soliciting constructive feedback and guess what? You don't have to worry about getting ghosted because if you do you know why you got ghosted."

"When you're in stealth, when no one knows what you're doing, that's your greatest advantage. When you broadcast it to the world, everybody knows. You lose that advantage."

"If something's not gonna work, you wanna know that as quickly as possible. So I think seeking founders who are really prioritizing the invalidation of their hypothesis is probably the best way to make sure that you're pursuing the right mission."