Top VC: the best diligence happens at dinner, not in partner meetings
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-09-03
A source at a top-tier VC fund shares that some of his best diligence happens at dinner, not partner meetings: seat a seed-stage founder next to someone who could actually buy the product, then watch what questions they ask, where they lean in, and what gets dismissed. "You can learn more about product-market fit over one dinner than another 30-slide deck."
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