Steve Lord

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944 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2025 last heard 7 Apr

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Um, if that happened, I think we'd have a good fall.

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I guess we can

I think too, another quick call out is in that kind of environment, say we get to a new normal where uncertainty is just picked in.

The more a founder can present a buttoned up investment opportunity for a VC, the easier it will be for them to get funded.

Because in this kind of environment they're kind of looking for reasons to pass.

They're not in a hurry.

So don't show up without a model.

Don't show up with your books not closed.

Like have a business plan, have a hiring plan, have all of that stuff, even maybe a capital plan.

So that you present the whole package to a VC.

I think right now more than ever, that's probably very important.

So the VCs don't need to scratch very deep to get to a place where they can say yes.

Hopefully, exactly.

Hopefully at least the same, maybe a little better.

Look, and I think it's also important to call out.

There is a world where all of this stuff actually works.

And all of these

Things that are in motion end up netting out to a positive outcome.

I don't want to discount that that's certainly a everything is possible.

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