Charles Hudson says he can't pin down what he'd fund because he's seen bad versions of almost every idea. What matters is seeing something that actually works.
Charles, I'm curious, if you were writing some sort of precursor request for startups, what would be on that? Is there anything that you wish more founders were working on that you're not seeing enough of right now?
It's a terrible answer, Alina, to tell people when they're like, what are you looking for? You're like, I don't know. But that's like the most honest answer. And every time I've tried to write down, these are the things I think I want to see, it usually ends up being like, oh, I've seen a bunch of bad versions of things. X. And I kind of feel the same way about a lot of categories where I'm like, oh, I've seen 8 or 10 versions of why this doesn't work. If someone could show me a version that does, I'm all ears.
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