The more experienced your audience, the more confused and annoyed they will be by buzzwords.
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The buzzword-filled pitch that impresses your friends will make you seem stupid to investors.
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Part of the difficulty of being an investor is distinguishing actual stupidity from apparent stupidity caused by trying to seem smart.
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When I did YC interviews, my first objective was to restate the founders' idea in ordinary language. Sometimes it took 5 minutes.
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It also depends upon who the investor is. I have seen people collecting millions by giving buzzword filled power points.
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Does that not apply to buzzword filled anything?
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Seeing some of the stuff that gets funding, I'm not sure that's always true
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So, why do I see everything IOT and AI powered funded like sprouts?I remember days when AI was actually about AI instead of brute force hell
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I love that you said this! I pitch all the time and intentionally try to simplify and be as direct as possible. Sincerity beats pretentiousness any day!
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