Director & CEO @ Exc... • 9m
Excess Edge Experts Consulting highlights common pitfalls early-stage ventures face when seeking investment. Many founders delay addressing key issues, hoping to resolve them post-funding—often to their detriment. We frequently see: • Vague Vision: Comparing your startup to “Apple for X” without a clear, specific value proposition weakens your pitch. • Unrealistic Valuation: High valuations without traction raise red flags. Ground them in data. • Team Gaps: Lack of technical expertise in the founding team hampers execution. • “No Competition” Claims: These signal poor market research. Show awareness of direct and indirect players. • Unprofessional Presence: Generic emails and no website suggest lack of seriousness. • Messy Cap Tables: Dead equity and unclear structures deter investors. • Missing Legal & Online Basics: No company registration or digital footprint implies weak commitment. Addressing these early reflects maturity and preparedness.

Building Stoxii | Fi... • 6m
Startups don’t fail because of lack of ideas. They fail because founders quit too early.” • “Funding is fuel. Product-market fit is oxygen. Without oxygen, fuel burns out fast.” • “A founder’s real job: hiring great people, saying no to distraction
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🔍 The Untold Truth About Early-Stage Startups & VC Blindspots Many powerful startups never launch not due to lack of potential, but because of a funding gap in the early stage. Why? Most VC associates reviewing decks and traction aren’t founders.
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Here are some key reasons why people fail while building a startup and how to avoid them: 1. Lack of Market Need (No Product-Market Fit) Many startups build products that no one actually needs or wants. Validate your idea with real users before la
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Usain Bolt trained for more than four years to run for just nine seconds. Four years of pushing his body to the limit, waking up early, staying late, perfecting every stride, every muscle movement, every ounce of his power all for a race that lasts l
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Subject: Transforming Healthcare with Doctro Hi, I’m building Doctro, a healthcare platform to fix India’s broken patient-doctor experience. Long wait times, lack of transparency, no medical emergency support, and inefficient hospital workflows cre
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Most Early-Stage Startups Don’t Fail — They Drift Early-stage startups rarely fail overnight. More often, they lose clarity slowly. The problem is not lack of effort or execution. It’s signal loss. Founders start with one clear problem. Over time,
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