What Investors Don't Ask Founders (And Why They Should)

When a founder walks into a pitch meeting, they're rehearsed. The deck is polished. The metrics are (hopefully) real. But investors still get blindsided. Theranos, WeWork, FTX—all had charismatic founders with compelling narratives. All committed fraud or catastrophic governance failures. And in every case, the warning signs were psychological, not financial. The Problem: Traditional Due Diligence Misses Founder Character Standard VC diligence covers: Market size ✓ Unit economics ✓ Product-marke