We hosted a livestream #event to help early-stage founders understand what investors really mean in their feedback.
Investors aren't incentivised to give transparent or useful feedback. They’re incentivised to give feedback that doesn’t take too much effort and preserves their optionality.
This often leaves founders confused - you wonder what you're doing wrong, but it’s hard to tell because of the bad feedback loop and the lack of context-specific advice available.
To help, Hsu Ken Ooi, Iterative's Managing Partner, will be running this livestream event, where you tell him the feedback you’ve received from investors and he’ll tell you what they really mean.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:21 Why Investor Feedback is Frustrating
2:35 What does "Let's talk in 6 months..." mean
4:55 What does "Looks interesting, keep me updated..." mean
18:12 What does "The valuation is too high" mean
28:25 What does "You don't have enough insights into the problem yet" mean
34:40 What does "This business is not venture-backable" mean
39:25 Q&A
