@paulg is the implication that an investor needs a sanitized message or that clear communications helps drive a close/sale?
Counterintuitive startup fact: it is better to make your pitch clear than impressive sounding. Investors won't work to decode it.
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@paulg "We plan to sell things for more than they cost to make."Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg@dhovekamp42 do you think@theranos pitch to their investors was clear or impressive? -
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@paulg Why can't it be both - or does more impressive automatically imply less clear?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg This notion of clarity over impressiveness might actually hold true in other parts of life as well. Make it easy to understand you..Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg this is literally what I tell startups all the time - took me a long time to learn this lessonThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg I think is really hard to make an investor excited - provide facts and vision and let the investor excite themselves (or not) -
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