Mat Sherman

content on this app was better before creator payouts because people just posted for the love of the game, now they post like they need to hit some kind of weekly quota which leaves no room for creative exploration

Ideal is 10 years from now, you walk into a MatCap branch, a nice associate is there to talk to you about your advisory options. Literally all you need to do is walk in. Like a friendly bank but for startup helpers. It really shouldn’t be as hard as it is to get help.

What’s coming after Artificial intelligence?

A significant portion of unicorn founders were rejected over 50 times before finding a VC willing to be anti-consensus. We met a unicorn founder who was turned down 100 times during their seed raise because the product sounded like science fiction and the team didn't fit the AI founder archetype. In reality, the company was simply years ahead of its time, and consensus was a lagging indicator of their potential. Rejection is framed as a setback, but for the best founders it acts as a forcing function. Without early capital, teams are forced to prioritise building, testing and finding true customer pull over pitch-deck salesmanship. This scarcity builds a level of resilience and operational sharpness that easy funding cannot teach.