They can’t often say no because they rarely are 100% sure they don’t want to be involved. It’s in their best interest to keep the door open in case they realize the deal was better then they thought. Since they never have their feet held to the fire and have to give a binary response why would they.
That why Bryce’s advice is very good. Learn the signals and do the translations on your own.
A better VC would just say no fast. Their time isn’t worth it. Let alone that I’m not going to call someone back who just never returned my calls, or whatever.
Also, there is no such thing as a 100% sure decision. Acting like this is a reason to give a weak answer is just annoying.
The best leaders have strong opinions weakly held - meaning they can have the passion but with evidence can change.
