Short YouTube excerpt of Jason M. Lemkin explaining his personal investing approach: he often already wants to invest before initial meetings, values strong cold inbound pitches, and notes that top investors vary in what they prefer (some want concise intros, others detailed decks). He cautions founders to treat common ‘rules’ as guidelines since exceptions abound.
That I already want to invest before the meeting. That's how I do, like, every, including Algoli. We're going to talk about it. I already wanted to invest before I met all of my initial unicorns. I all wanted to invest before I met David Sacks was like, I just want two lines. What do you do? And Keith Raboy was like, send me a very lengthy deck. That's good, too. But, like. And so it's just interesting to hear the different perspectives. But all of these top investors all loved getting the best cold inbound, right? Because every, every, every, every, every top investment's. Everyone's an exception. Right? So be thoughtful about the rules you hear. Right. Because they may only partly apply to you.
