Brett transitioned from public accounting to venture capital and uses DiSC personality assessments and structured founder habit scoring in Redbud's investment process, focusing on backing founders "strengthened by struggle" rather than relying on typical gut-feel evaluations. He's building a national venture brand from Columbia, Missouri while maintaining an unusually proactive outbound strategy of reaching 300 people weekly on LinkedIn and backing founders with or without concrete ideas through his venture studio approach. Brett transitioned from public accounting to venture capital and uses DiSC personality assessments and structured founder habit scoring in Redbud's investment process, focusing on backing founders "strengthened by struggle" rather than relying on typical gut-feel evaluations. He's building a national venture brand from Columbia, Missouri while maintaining an unusually proactive outbound strategy of reaching 300 people weekly on LinkedIn and backing founders with or without concrete ideas through his venture studio approach.