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Unpopular Opinion: If you have zero traction, don’t pitch VCs yet. You know what I see too often? Founders sending decks before they’ve even tested the idea. Here’s the blunt truth: 💡 VCs don’t fund ideas. They fund signals. And “signal” doesn’t

INDIAN VCs: FUELING THE FIRE OF FRAUD They’re not funding innovation. They’re funding bullshit — because they can’t tell the difference. They fund noise. Buzzwords over substance. Decks over products. PR over users. They chase founders who pitch,

Startup Founders! Pitching Soon? Let’s Make Sure You Nail It. Hi founders, I’m Karunya Kranthi Kumar, founder of SlideCraftzz, where I help early-stage startups build investor-ready pitch decks that tell your story clearly and visually impress. ✅ 2

You don’t need a fancy pitch deck. You need a working AI product. Founders spend weeks perfecting pitch decks. But you know what really impresses VCs? 📱 A functional AI app ⚙️ A smooth SaaS platform 📊 Working analytics 🎯 Real users We help you

Raising VC Money? Tips No One Tells You : 1) Don’t Chase VCs, Attract Them - Build something so good they can’t ignore you. 2) Traction > Decks - Fancy pitch decks don’t matter if your numbers don’t add up. 3) Investors Follow Other Investors - G

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

Your startup doesn’t need a “better pitch”. It needs a better story. Most pitch decks fail not because they’re ugly… But because they’re boring. They talk about TAM, features, “problem-solution”… But they say nothing about why this founder, this ma

A mindset shift Indian VCs really need: Aravind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, nailed it — “95% of my investments may fail, but the 5% that succeed will return 100x or even 1000x.” This is exactly how innovation happens. Unfortunately, this kind

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

🚀 Post 1: “Startups don’t die from lack of funding — they die from lack of alignment.” Most first-time founders think fundraising is all about creating a sleek pitch deck and blasting it out to 50+ VCs. But here’s the truth: 🧠💣 That deck? It’s ju