This is also a proper framework for evaluating AI replies – they do not only need to be appropriate, they also need to consume the minimum cognitive load for parsing.
Same here. I have Writeroom (in a terminal-like theme) always open next to Gmail on my mac, and I keep all my notes and to-dos there – for some years now. The only challenge is that Writeroom has proven to be a bit sluggish with the latest MacOS versions.
Often much of such 'change' in similar considerations comes from yourself – you are older, maybe more risk averse, and hence much more biased in your assessment of the landscape.
When it comes to giving robots a "sense of touch", you may want to check out Bota Systems (botasys.com) – already deployed in hundreds of research and industrial robots globally.
Hi graycat, I'm the author of the guide. You refer to a number of issues, I'll try to reply to some of them:
- 'Fast' progress, i.e. weeks (I mentioned a couple months as your target): If a deal is hot, things can happen even faster. If you don't have progress within such timeframe, chances are the round is not moving forward at all.
- 'Full time job', 100+ meetings, months of time: If you take a closer lok, we are not necessarily in disagreement with this.
- Requests from the founder: This guide does not describe what we 'ask' from the founders of our portfolio companies, but addresses a much broader audience. Indicatively, we make intros to ~30 relevant VCs in each case and book initial meetings/calls, then the founders take over.
- I agree that advice varies on the internet with regards to what makes a good pitch deck. It is also subjective at some extent. I provided a very high level guidance (and definitely did not request a blockbuster movie production)... At the same time, the deck is what will help you make it through the first stages of the funnel; its importance should be straightforward.
- Re traction requests: VC requirements and the definition of a Series A round may vary per geography, industry or firm (or even per case); what I'm trying to stress here is that such reqs differ compared to a Seed round (i.e. "we want to build this" vs. "here is something that works and we want to go faster")
I hope the above clarify things further. Thanks for your comment!