All the best investors I know are more like founders than investors: Fred Wilson, Mike Moritz, Pmarca, Ben Horowitz, Keith Rabois. What do I mean by like founders? Informal, pragmatic, genuinely interested in products and not just in money.
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Is informality a quality of great founders in your experience?
Yes. Informality is so important that it really deserves as word of its own, i.e. a word that's not just in-<what it's not>. One day I'll write about this.
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I’d read it! Who’s a good example of someone with this quality?
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(Thinking founder, not investor)
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Personable, genuine, authentic, candid. You’re right that “informal” is somehow more descriptive in your context
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Authentic is the word you’re looking for
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In my startup we call it optimizing Southern Charm. Its how we're able to sell Fortune500 firms easily.
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I think it’s the experience and ability to know what’s important, and thus ask to-the-point questions. Not relying on process as a crutch. Plus, charisma.
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What about the word casual?
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