If the founder running this project isn't pushing toward the exact same milestone I’m betting on, we aren't launching a winner.
I’m just financing a black hole.
I’ve learned that deploying capital into a project where the founder is chasing vanity metrics or endless perfection, while I’m looking for a lean, high-velocity ship-to-market execution, is a guaranteed recipe for zero ROI.
When our definitions of success don't line up, my funding gets absorbed into low-leverage features and endless delays instead of hitting the critical inflection points that actually unlock value.
True alignment means my capital and their building must target the exact same terminal objective.
If we aren't locked in on what this project needs to achieve right now, we are both just wasting time on an asset that's dead on arrival.
Best of probabilities to you.
Dane.