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Mehul Fanawala

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The 'Soft Pass' is the most dangerous signal in fundraising. When a VC says: 'Let's keep in touch' or 'Come back when you have X ARR'. They aren't being polite. They are preserving optionality. Analytically, a 'Maybe' is worse than a 'No'. โ€ข A 'No' frees up your time. โ€ข A 'Maybe' keeps you on the hook, wasting cycles on updates for people who won't convert. Optimize for a binary outcome. Force the 'No' so you can move to the next lead.

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