[georgemcbay]

I am not pg and he already answered and this is totally not based on any data whatsoever, but it seems to me that in a situation where he (or any other vc) really liked one cofounder and hated another there would a much higher chance that the cofounders themselves would have issues with each other (if not already then soon enough) which is a bad thing for a startup at such an early stage.

Granted, relationships don't always work out exactly that way, but roughly speaking they usually do. People I like tend to dislike the same traits in other people that I do, and vice versa.

[abbasmehdi]

Good theory, but I can't agree, here is why: Can you be friends with any of your top ten friends' top ten friends?