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Absolutely. And the founder probably recognizes this notion of adverse fill in other situations they've been in. It's tough to recognize and apply the same set of filters across a different environment.

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Late on this post, but would also say that understanding what you want and need as a founder raising capital is part of the issue.

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Unless you're me, fundraising for MakeLoveNotPorn and having to adopt a highly specific approach to find investors :) https://dearcindy.substack.com/p/dear-cindy-how-do-you-find-investors

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Its a bit like dating, usually don't want to date the crazy inbound person. adverse selection bias. (unless they are super persistent, and then you might have a diamond in the rough situation).

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