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But why would they lie?
A highly sophisticated method for saying "bless your heart"
. Bingo!
One benefit of being inoffensible is that people are more likely to tell you the truth
They don’t need to give you truth. They want to keep a relationship going to have optionality if they change their mind in future. Some founders don’t like direct feedback so they appeal to lowest common denominator by giving you an inoffensive explanation for their pass.
Same reason a girl says it’s not you it’s me.
Would you say this applies to YC interview rejections?
The feedback we've gotten has seem genuinely helpful which is why I ask.
... and customers lie as well ("oh sure, let's keep talking" without any intent to buy). For the most part, most people are too polite to give a firm 'no', although that's what early stage founders need to hear.
There's a deeper reason too: sometimes you want to say no because you don't believe in the founders. But if you're wrong about that, telling them the real reason might cause the founders to lose faith in themselves. And startups operate close enough to the edge as it is.
I dunno - I suspect if you’re unconfident in the founders, you’re assessing their ability to execute. Skepticism on execution, phrased clearly, can actually point founders towards what they need to DO (vs say) now to de-risk themselves (and ideally the business)
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