Once that fly wheel gets going, how do you stop it? It's kind of impossible. But it all starts with that founder with the a vision who can then craft a product to delight customers and build a team, vision, product, customers, team. If you get that right, it's going to get moving very quickly. I teach all my team members how to think about this fundamental strategy of picking founders. Do they have the ability to build this product? Are their customers delighted? And are they building a great team? You have to trust that the players you back and the team you pay on the court to win the that they can do it....
Jason covers the CCP crackdown on Chinese tech companies listing in the US, shares how he spots winning founders (14:02), then answers Ask Jason questions: finding a technical co-founder (36:47), signals for startup success (39:29), advice for new angel investors (45:18), and more.