To be clear, you’re absolutely right about the rudeness. But it happened to me, when sama referred me to a VC. They were extremely nice in how they said “but that probably won’t work because X,” and I was too young to recognize that they were probing for determination. Nowadays I’d chuckle and say nah, that’s not the problem because x; y is the issue, but we address that with z.
(Only if it’s true though! A surprising number of founders try to BS their way, which is always a mistake.)
(Only if it’s true though! A surprising number of founders try to BS their way, which is always a mistake.)