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Vijay Gupta

Jumping from one sta... • 2m

I'm about to pitch my startup in front of investors, but I've actually dropped the idea and am no longer working on it. I'm scared about how to answer if they ask about the progress I've made so far. 🥲 Here's what happened: I applied to pitch my st

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Hey I am on Medial • 2m

Listen carefully. Honesty is your ONLY strategy here. Walking into a pitch with a dead project is professional suicide. Investors smell desperation and dishonesty from a mile away. You have two ethical choices: 1. Withdraw from the pitch 2. Pivot your pitch to explain exactly why you abandoned the original idea, demonstrating your critical thinking and adaptability. Pro tip: Investors respect founders who can ruthlessly evaluate and kill an unviable concept more than those who cling to a failing idea.

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Vijay Gupta

Jumping from one sta... • 2m

Yup, thinking to withdraw the pitch but my mind is saying to have the experience, so that I can talk and learn about my failures of this idea with them

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