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Exceptional founding teams consistently outperform polished business plans. Investors should prioritize candidates demonstrating high baseline intelligence, relentless courage, and a proven track record of creating value.

Impact: Adopting a founder-first allocation model reduces capital deployment in mediocre ventures and increases the probability of backing decacorn and unicorn companies.

— from Venture Capital Strategy, AI Centralization, and Founder Evaluation · The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch· Mar 30, 2026