Where are the founders actually trying to change an industry?
u/Ready-Beginning9375 ·
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· August 29, 2026 at 23:37
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Does anyone else feel like startups have gotten painfully predictable?
I actually like investing in things that feel a little risky. Not reckless, but ideas where the founder is genuinely trying to change how an industry works instead of building another slightly different version of something that already exists.
What’s been frustrating lately is how many companies seem built around whatever investors are currently excited about. Right now that often means AI shoved into products that really don’t need it.
I’d much rather put serious money behind a founder with a strong, slightly unconventional idea who actually understands the problem they’re solving. Even if it takes longer to make money. Even if the market thinks it’s risky.
For me, part of the fun of investing is getting to help something exist that probably wouldn’t otherwise.
I just want to see more founders with the nerve to say, “everyone in this industry does it this way, and I think they’re all wrong.”