This content was created by Charles Hudson. This content was uploaded by Charles Hudson. This is a YouTube video titled "The harm of NOT being honest to founders" created on July 22, 2025, featuring Charles Hudson discussing the importance of honesty in feedback to company founders and sharing experiences of delivering candid messages to them.
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And it's also interesting to me that there are people who will tell me things about companies that I've sent them, knowing full well that I plan to tell that founder exactly what they said. But somehow laundering it through another investor seems to be a preferred way to deliver. I'm like, you could also just tell them that you have reservations about the team or that you have reservations about the tam, or you really didn't like this thing about the company. I'm also happy to deliver the message on your behalf of that attribution, but you could also do it and I don't know, I've told people some harsh stuff. I've always asked for permission before I do it. And I've told a few people, hey, look, I sat in this meeting with you and your co founder for an hour. You seem way more committed to this than he or she does. Or, hey, you seem to have a really relevant background. And I don't know why this person. I told someone last week, I don't know why that third person was in the room. They're like, what do you mean? I go, I don't know why this person's a part of your company as a co founder. I don't, I don't understand what they're adding. They might have been there at the moment of inception, and if that's, like, why they're here, great. But I don't understand this person's contribution or role.