Also, I want to be clear. This isn't just the presenter's fault (it's best to think it is so you get better). I have seen some TERRRRRRRRRIBLE companies get funded over mine. A lot of these judges and investors make bad calls.
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Pitch competitions are stupid for a myriad of reasons. The lack of skin in the game is #1. The format is #2. I could go on and on...
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Yeah, I'm 0 for 7 in pitch competitions and 0 for 2 in investor meetings (angel investors in Albany and
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I think I'd do better in investor meetings if I went to more. Pitch competitions though, lol. Give me a fucking break.
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Oh. That's not a big sample size. For comparison: I've pitched 100s of times often for each time I did fundraising. Ran a process. Lots of no's -- the quicker the better as far as those are concerned.
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What were you raising for? I was so pissed off that I lost a pitch competition that I waited 3 years to tell the chief judge who disqualified us how bad they fucked up.pic.twitter.com/nHI9yBb3xr
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Individual deals, companies, and funds. It's pretty fun, actually. It involves a ton of hustle, observational skills, and creativity to knock it out of the park in my experience.
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That's cool. I think it'd be very interesting if you were going to different types of funders (not just vc, but fam office, insurance co etc.)
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Yes, it's interesting. A good chance to really understand people and their motivations.
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This is the key.
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I read an interesting quote in Poor Charlie's Almanack where he says that it's not sufficient to just look at the other side's rational motivations, but also their subconscious ones. Do you have thoughts on that?
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Very much agreed. That ties back to the principle in behavioral economics that you can't really trust what people say they'll do but what they actually do.
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