What 30,000 Founder Meetings Taught Me About AI, Judgment & the Top 0.1%
Byron Ling, Partner at Twelve Below, shares insights from participating in roughly 30,000 founder meetings over the past decade. He and host David Weisburd discuss identifying elite founder traits beyond pedigree, applying second-level thinking to market defensibility, the impact and limits of AI in venture capital workflows, and why investors must avoid letting past scar tissue prevent them from taking early risks.
- Byron Ling has evaluated founders across roughly 30,000 meetings over the past decade. Read →
- Byron Ling evaluated approximately 30,000 founder meetings across a decade at Twelve Below and previous funds, concluding that elite pedigrees, university degrees, and corporate resumes fail to predict top-quartile startup returns. Read →
- Byron Ling evaluated roughly 30,000 founder meetings across a decade, concluding that pedigree matters far less than an earned right to market insight. Read →
- Byron Ling evaluated roughly 30,000 founder meetings over 10 years at Twelve Below to isolate why pedigree fails to predict venture returns. Read →
- Byron Ling has evaluated roughly 30,000 founder meetings over the past decade at Twelve Below. Read →