A VC bragged to me: "We use Al to screen 50 startups a day."
"It reads the deck, checks the founders, analyzes the market, even scrapes their Twitter.
40 seconds flat.
Way better than those old 40-minute meetings."
I nodded. Impressive.
Then I a
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Wipro • 23d
ngl this is both hilarious and terrifying. founders pitching GPT decks to VCs using GPT filters. who’s actually building?
Angel Investors vs. VCs:
Who’s the Better Bet for Your Startup?
Choosing between angel investors and VCs? Early branding gives founders a killer edge.
Angels want passion and hustle—your authentic story online hooks them fast.
VCs dig data and
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Tarun Suthar
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India • 16d
How VC Is Evolving - Just Like Companies Screening CVs.. 📈
Remember when companies started using AI to screen resumes before HR ever looked at them?
Now, VCs are doing the same with pitch decks.
Before a VC partner sees anything, AI tools are a
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Aastha
📉 • 1m
Founders fear running out of cash. VCs fear betting on the wrong dream.
Same board, different chess pieces. Same game, totally different sleepless nights.
Who’s got the tougher job?
𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 lose sleep over:
- Giving up too much equity -
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮 ₹𝟭𝟬𝗟/𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀 — @𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮
No MBA. No design degree. Just Canva and clever outreach.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁
Kritarth, a 20-year-old BBA s
Most Indian Founders Don’t Build Startups. They Build Investor Bait.
Let’s be honest:
→ You’re not building for users.
→ You’re building for pitch decks.
→ You’re designing “TAM” not “Retention.”
We’ve glamorized funding so hard, we forgot:
VCs f
Most people think entrepreneurship is just about “being your own boss” and working on your own terms.
But behind the scenes, founders are juggling product-market fit, cash flow, hiring, testing, pitching, and pivoting often all in the same week. Wh
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Vivek Joshi
Director & CEO @ Exc... • 6d
Are You a Woman Founder with a Revenue-Earning Startup?
Excess Edge Experts Consulting is calling all women-led startups ready to scale! If you’re generating revenue and seeking venture capital funding, we want to hear from you.
We’re inviting pass
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Nawal
Entrepreneur | Build... • 1m
India’s Startup Ecosystem Isn’t Booming.
It’s Evolving. Quietly. Massively.
You won’t see it in the headlines.
But it’s happening in real-time.
- Fewer unicorns
- Less funding
- More focus
And that’s not a bad thing.
Because for the first time
We’ve glamorized the wrong heroes.
Startups raise $5M and celebrate.
But they have no revenue.
No profit.
No product-market fit.
Just a deck, a dream, and a burn rate.
Meanwhile, there’s a quiet founder pulling $40k/month from a boring SaaS with 0
