Either I'm mistaken, or you do not know who you are answering to.
Mystalic is an editor at Mashable, not a VC. Therefore, when asking "who's funding you" he's not looking for rival VCs, but as he said, for cues. That does not, however, really invalidate your point of him making is own judgement instead of filtering by VCs.
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I look for cues, such as who is funding you
Someone has to go first, no? Why do you trust rival VCs more than your own judgement?
Either I'm mistaken, or you do not know who you are answering to.
Mystalic is an editor at Mashable, not a VC. Therefore, when asking "who's funding you" he's not looking for rival VCs, but as he said, for cues. That does not, however, really invalidate your point of him making is own judgement instead of filtering by VCs.