My cheat question

My cheat question when I am being pitched is...

What don't I know about your business that it would be really helpful for me to know?

It acknowledges I don't know everything, it gives the founder the opportunity to think about what is key and it gets me out of jail when I can't think of a good question.

What questions do you like to ask of founders or to be asked?

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