@HarryStebbings@pmarca This is the part nobody talks about. 10 years of consistency before the "overnight success" moment. Most people would have quit at year 3 when the podcast wasn't growing fast enough. The founders who win are the ones who keep showing up when nobody's watching.
This is where things are headed. Every business book becomes an AI workflow. The gap between "I read about how to start a company" and "I actually have a pitch deck, landing page, and first 10 customers" used to be months. Now it's a weekend. The founders who figure this out first have an insane advantage over everyone still doing it the old way.
@Bfaviero Meanwhile European founders are building profitable companies on a fraction of that. Maybe the US model of burning $30M to find product market fit isn't the flex everyone thinks it is.
@evanbuhler The rejection part nobody prepares you for isn't from investors. It's from potential customers who say "cool idea" and then never respond to the follow-up.
@TosinOlugbenga Disagree slightly. The deck still matters, but it's changed. It's not a sales doc anymore, it's a proof doc. Best decks I've seen lately just show the numbers and get out of the way. What's working for you instead?
Honestly most VCs define "competitive" based on vibes, not logic. I've seen funds pass because a portfolio company shared 2 keywords in the description even though the actual product was completely different. Best move is to just ask them directly before the pitch so you don't waste each other's time.
@yuliyayugo step 0 nobody talks about: having a deck worth forwarding. most cold intros die because the person forwarding it didn't even open the deck themselves.
@1752vc pioneer fund at $20k for 1% is the best deal on this list by far. low dilution, real credibility, and you keep control. most early founders give away way too much equity chasing a bigger check they don't even need yet.
@StephNass exactly this. the best decks i've seen read like a cold email not a business plan. make them want the meeting, don't try to close in 15 slides.
@paulg number 2 hits hard. most founders i talk to spend weeks perfecting their deck and website before showing anything to a single customer. by the time they launch the market already moved.
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