Marina Girgis transitioned from equity research at Bloomberg covering semiconductor giants like Nvidia and Intel to pre-seed investing at Precursor Ventures, shifting from researching numbers to researching people with a focus on origin stories and founder conviction. She applies her equity research training in high-impact questioning—where she learned to ask the single most insightful question during brief earnings call opportunities—to maximize 30-minute founder calls and quickly form strong first impressions at the earliest stages. Marina Girgis transitioned from equity research at Bloomberg covering semiconductor giants like Nvidia and Intel to pre-seed investing at Precursor Ventures, shifting from researching numbers to researching people with a focus on origin stories and founder conviction. She applies her equity research training in high-impact questioning—where she learned to ask the single most insightful question during brief earnings call opportunities—to maximize 30-minute founder calls and quickly form strong first impressions at the earliest stages.