Hi Aaron, I am from Houston. Last week, I joined the Born Global event. Thanks for your great ideas on validating market opportunities.
This article is excellent too. I am recently developing a model called iART Framework (or Transactional Anticipatory System). This is an abstract model. I use the relationship of "Founder - Investor" as an example of Transactional Anticipatory System.
https://medium.com/call4/iart-diagram-network-78400c804f57
It is an early stage for this model. So I just focus on writing out rough ideas.
Today I find your story are perfect for expanding the example I mentioned above : )