Precursor Ventures argues that founders with early-stage startup experience understand pacing and urgency better. They know what's possible in a day or six months. Without that background, founders either adapt if they're naturally aggressive or struggle to move fast and prioritize.
But it's six months. You can evaluate the company and you can change your plan as a VC for how you want to advise and manage this investment. And so I started looking at the companies that weren't fast and I was like, well, what are, what are some of the characteristics? And one of the big ones I started noticing is people who have previous startup experience, not necessarily as the founder, but having been in a zero to one or very small startup. I think your sense of pacing and urgency is just better. You have some sense of, well, what can a startup get done in a day and what does good and speed feel like? And I found that people who didn't have that experience, some of them were able to naturally acclimate because they were just naturally aggressive, urgent people. But a lot of people were just sort of like, well, what am I supposed to get done today? And think I.
