1. Have you ever founded or worked for a startup before?
  2. If you are, can you please show me a video of a project that you worked on?
  3. In that video can you please show me the user metrics for it? Also are there revenue metrics?
  4. How long have you been interested in blockchain technology / the web3 space?
  5. Do you own any crypto? What are your feelings on crypto and NFTs?
  6. Can you tell me about your current job?
  7. What about your past roles?
  8. Are you working on any pet projects, if so what are they?

Personalities and Incentives

  1. Why do you want to build a startup (in general and in particular, right now)?
  2. What motivates you (e.g. a technical challenge, an overall problem, helping the world, etc.)
  3. What do you do with your free time?
  4. How do you unwind?
  5. How do you deal with stress and big challenges?
  6. What do you think I’d be most surprised to find out about you?
  7. Will this be the primary activity for you (as in, 8 hours every weekday), or instead would you be something doing else during the majority of each week day?
  8. How much time could you commit between 9am and 5pm Monday through Friday?

Personal Priorities

  1. If you’re not able to go full-time now, what is the LATEST date that you can begin to work full-time?
  2. Personal commitments: are there any personal commitments in or near your home that take place either before, during or immediately after the workday such as caring for another person or taking another person to another location that would require you to be at or near your home at certain times?