Why one venture fund founder now polls interns before backing a deal
A venture fund founder writing in Entrepreneur in October 2026 describes replacing rushed, solitary calls with four types of questions put to the entire team. Asking everyone from experienced professionals to student interns for a yes, no or hold on each investment sometimes talked the founder out of favored deals. One team member flagged that investors would soon expect a performance dashboard, which analysts and interns then built.
The account turns on where good judgment actually came from. The risks, gaps and constraints that mattered were obvious from other seats at the table, not the one at its head, where conviction had been mistaken for decisiveness. Once each person knew a view would be requested, preparation rose across the room, and the founder's certainty stopped being the only voice deciding where the fund committed its capital.
Source: Entrepreneur · October 5, 2026