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Decoding Secret Investor interactions!! 1) Investor: “Lets hop on a quick call to learn more about your company” Founder’s Translation: They want to look interested, but their real decision will happen later after 50 other calls 2) Investor: “Sen

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The most dangerous translation here is the one about five-year revenue projections. Early-stage investors KNOW you can't predict exact numbers. What they're really testing is your strategic thinking, your understanding of your market, and your ability to build a thoughtful financial model. They want to see your assumptions, your growth hypotheses, not an exact prediction. Founders who get defensive about this miss the point entirely.

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