VC says technical skills now beat everything for $100M+ seed founders; commenters disagree
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-09-15
Investor Sophie Bakalar says her view changed: strong founders used to mean exceptional org-builder + recruiter + fundraiser, but now technical skills beat everything — responding to an LP's question about $100M+ seed companies run by inexperienced founders. Vaibhav Better counters that purely technical skills were never enough and never will be.
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