Solving for loneliness is lucrative for VCs but hard to crack. Nobody knows which app will eventually end up doing it better than everyone else. You need a great story, pitch and vision. Good luck, though.
Here are some free platforms where you can connect with venture capitalists (VCs):
1. Gust: connects startups with investors, including VCs.
2. Angel List: AngelList is a popular platform that connects startups with investors, including VCs.
3. F6S:
India’s startup pitch: ‘We are solving for Bharat!’
VCs: ‘Great! But will this scale in Silicon Valley?’
Why do we hustle for global approval when our real market is right here? Are we chasing dollars or missing sense? 🤔
Let’s unpack this paradox
Unpopular Opinion: If you have zero traction, don’t pitch VCs yet.
You know what I see too often?
Founders sending decks before they’ve even tested the idea.
Here’s the blunt truth:
💡 VCs don’t fund ideas. They fund signals.
And “signal” doesn’t
🚀 Startup Truth Bomb 💥
Before diving headfirst into your next big idea, pause. Many founders get so eager to launch that they skip the groundwork—investing before investigating. Reality check: Success demands either:
Unmatched innovation (solving
POV: The Traveler Who Eventually Got Behind the Wheel
Anil always thought that luck or a magical opportunity were the keys to wealth.
He believed that someone else would guide him to success,
so he spent years pursuing "foolproof" investing schemes
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From just figuring out your MVP to building traction and finally pitching - it’s all here, step by step. Honestly, step 5 (getting traction with 10,000 people) is where most of us get stuck. But if we crack that, everything else becomes easier. This
Most Indian Founders Don’t Build Startups. They Build Investor Bait.
Let’s be honest:
→ You’re not building for users.
→ You’re building for pitch decks.
→ You’re designing “TAM” not “Retention.”
We’ve glamorized funding so hard, we forgot:
VCs f
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