There are plenty of places throughout the blogosphere which talk about the typical VC meeting, delivering both advice and tips. (In that corpus, a while ago I blogged about seven mistakes that entrepreneurs often make during a pitch session.) Along those lines, I think the proverbial 12-slide deck helps provide structure to a conversation where a multitude of information needs to be communicated in a short (often an hour or less) period. There’s a reason that's become "standard."
But after having had the privilege of meeting with hundreds (if not thousands) of entrepreneurs over the past seven years as a VC, I've also stumbled upon three non-standard questions which I very often ask during an initial meeting which help facilitate a discussion beyond just a rote "pitch."
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