The 3 Success Signals Venture Capitalists are Looking for in the Founders They Fund

Identifying which founders are good investments is easier than you might think.

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Entrepreneurship Handbook
5 min readNov 30, 2023

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Entrepreneurs tend to think investors are too arbitrary in the ways they make their investment decisions. Or rather, that’s how I often felt after being rejected by a VC I was sure would love…

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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