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Siddharth K Nair

Thatmoonemojiguy 🌝 • 24d

Why a half baked IIT startup gets funded over a genius idea from your hometown📉 Ever wondered why a startup with a weak idea from an IIT grad gets funded, while a local kid with a brilliant, well thought out solution struggles to raise even ₹1? It’s not favoritism. It’s pattern recognition. Investors are humans. And humans follow patterns. 🚨 IIT = Talent + Network + Social Proof. So when an IITian walks into a pitch, the investor isn’t just seeing an idea, they’re betting on the person, the pedigree, the potential to pivot if it fails. Meanwhile, the school kid from a local town, with no “brand” behind his name? He’s not just pitching a startup. He’s pitching his entire existence as credible. That’s the silent disadvantage nobody talks about. 👀 The system is wired to trust tags, not ideas. And that’s exactly why mediocre ideas wrapped in elite packaging get funded, while genius ideas from unknown builders die in a Google Drive folder. But let’s be real: Don’t hate the IITians. They played the game by the system’s rules. Blame the framework that rewards "signals" over substance. 🚀 What we really need is a shift Proof of users > Proof of college Grit > Grades Real-world impact > Resume Until then, let’s stop telling kids that “if your idea is good, the world will fund it.” No the world funds what it understands, trusts, and recognizes. The challenge isn’t building great startups. The challenge is being taken seriously without the badge. 🌚

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