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title: "\"We're trying to quantify that gut instinct\": Flying With Founders"
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summary: "JD Audena's firm has built an AI platform to evaluate founders regardless of their geographic location, addressing the challenge that great founders outside major tech hubs struggle to get noticed by investors. The platform aims to quantify the gut instinct that early-stage investors use when assessing whether a founding team can succeed."
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# "We're trying to quantify that gut instinct": Flying With Founders

Flying With Founders 1,092 followers 1mo Report this post JD Audena ⚡︎ 's firm built an AI platform to evaluate founders no matter where they are. Why? Because great founders are not only in the Bay Area. "There are amazing founders in Kentucky, in Kansas, in Michigan, and everywhere. If you are not in the Bay Area or New York or Austin, it is hard to get noticed by capital. Every early stage investor is making a gut instinct on whether this is the team. We are trying to quantify that gut instinct." …more 22 1 Comment Like Comment Share Copy LinkedIn Facebook X Transcript Transcript Transcript There are amazing founders in Kentucky and Kansas, in Michigan and everywhere. And sometimes in this game, if you're not in the Bay Area or New York or Austin or Miami, it's hard to get noticed by capital. And everyone does their best. But what I always say is, you know, every early stage investor is making a gut instinct on whether this is the team to succeed. Yeah, we're trying to quantify that gun in the state. Connetic Ventures 1mo Report this comment That’s right! Like Reply 1 Reaction To view or add a comment, sign in