Trae Stephens
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555 appearances
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard 31 Jul
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It's like it turns out that it's way easier to get a rocket into space if a billionaire is bankrolling your company.
Yep.
Um
And I don't think every problem looks like that, but some of them do.
And so, you know, if you're not if you don't have the ability to bankroll and backstop, like maybe you should evaluate, am I world class, like generationally good at fundraising?
And if the answer is yes, go for it.
Yeah, there's no reason not to.
But fundraising is a skill.
It's not something that's like I I think a lot of founders
that have a hard time fundraising tend to say like, well the VCs they don't get
It's like, yeah, okay, I'll admit there are some times I legitimately don't get it.
I try not to invest in categories where I legitimately don't get it.
But many of the times it's that the VCs will meet with the founder and they'll be like, man, this person is really bad at pitching.
And if I feel like they're really bad at telling the story and raising capital, that means that other investors that they're going to need are also going to believe that they're really bad.
Well it's also the
It's like and so I I think a lot of founders that have trouble need to look r like be a little bit more introspective and say, Do I have the ability to raise the amount of money that's required to pull off this audacious vision?
And the answer might be no.
lazy angel investor is a moral decision.
Sure.
Like uh sidelining yourself from working on the most important things is not morally neutral.
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