Which signal would actually make you bet on a founder, sight unseen?

Options

• A history of real hardship
• An obsession that borders on unhinged
• A desperate need to prove one specific person wrong
• Multiple failed businesses before this one
• A ritual weird enough to get flagged in HR
• Refusing a live pitch, sending a 15-min video instead
• A framed letter from someone who doubted them
• Irrational optimism nobody else shares
• Zero interest in being liked
• An off-switch that doesn't seem to exist