Was talking to a founder few days back. Had a healthy talk and there was a line that deeply resonated in me -
"VCs don’t fund ideas. They fund inevitabilities. Make your startup something the world can’t ignore."
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Niket Raj Dwivedi
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True to some extent. But in early stage, it’s more like VCs bet on the founders way more than the idea. Of course the idea can’t be stupid or dumb. But yeah.
I'm buying a course for web development training for 2500 , good idea or stupid idea?
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Aastha
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