“Active listening and answering questions directly is something that surprisingly like a lot of founders struggle with”
Ellie Anselm, as investor · The Jason & Scot Show - E-Commerce And Retail News · EP 353 - Why Agentic Commerce Starts With Data: Eli Anselm of Ridge Ventures
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advise founders to actively listen and answer investors' questions directly
Said nearby on the same subject
“We try to put together FAQs, share those broadly… we have to be like, this is a data room… hop on calls and answer questions because you just don't have time to answer pages of diligence questions for every investor.”
“If you get asked, say, two questions, one's a legal advice question, one's a commercial advice question, perhaps answer them as separate emails. One, so this is legal advice, this is privileged. And two, here's my answer to your commercial question.”
“The best way to go in is to go in open mind with more questions than answers… We start at Cambric with listen and learning… If you do that well, you get to a better outcome.”
TB
Tracy Britt-Cool
Capital Allocators - Inside the Institutional Investment Industry ·
“I start every class with what I call question role, which is a way to take attendance by having students answer the same question and typically these questions are low or no stakes.”