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The whiteboard rule

The whiteboard rule

The whiteboard rule

By

Lin Zhao

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19 August 2026

If a founder cannot draw the product on a whiteboard in four minutes, we are not ready to invest.

We have one rule in first meetings. The founder draws the product on a whiteboard, in four minutes, with no slides.

It is not a test of drawing. It is a test of whether the idea has a shape yet. Most of the companies we backed early could do it in two.

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