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Jagriti Shreya
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Predict Growth • 7m

Biggest mistake founders make when explaining their idea to VCs is label themselves equal to an established brand in same or another sector. For example, I am building the CRED for health sector or I am building the Indeed for students or I am buildi

Anonymous 3

Stealth • 7m

Wrong advices like these with so much confidence is a big blow and is all over social media. Please don't say the things which you don't know abou, it really harms fellow entreprenuers. And no VC will judge you if you conpare yourself to someone. YC the biggest accelerator has always supported this.

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Jagriti Shreya
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Predict Growth • 7m

You are right about YC. You did miss the model bit and the bit where we founders should be able to put our our USP. This is not my advice. This is my observation and feedback from my own experience and experience from fellow founders. It is very easy to get on a path of trying to build a similar & successful path. What also matters is how that will play out in execution that is typical to your idea/industry. At the end of the day, the way we can execute is what matters.

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Anonymous 3

Stealth • 7m

And you will see in their portfolio many companies labelling themselves as something of the other establisged brand

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