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Shrinath

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NexLabs • 11h

Top 10 startup lies 1) "We made a revolutionary Al technology." → we are using an OpenAI API 2) "We grew 200% last month." → we had 3 users, now we have 9 3) "We have a disruptive business model."→ we haven't earned a single dollar 4) "We're expanding globally." → someone from India signed up once 5) "We're in stealth mode." → we don't have any product 6) "We have the best engineering team." → we hired tech students to help us for free 7) "Our unit economics is extremely positive." → well, maybe in 10 years 8) "We're seeing incredible inbound interest." → one random guy liked our LinkedIn post 9) "We have a strong company culture." → we occasionally order pizza to the office 10) "We've validated product-market fit." → three users didn't cancel immediately. Did I miss any?

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