5 Patterns VCs Use to Help Spot Founders Worth Investing In

If you spend enough time with founders, figuring out which ones have a good chance at being successful is easier than most people think.

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
6 min readMay 6, 2024

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A venture capital firm recently emailed me asking for help evaluating companies. It’s a young firm writing relatively small checks (<…

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com