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Startup Purgatory, Common Pitch Mistakes, Competing with Incumbents and More on One on One with A and Z #4

Mar 17, 20211 hr 23 minEp. 19
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Episode description

Topics covered this week include:

  • How to tell if a startup has entered  "purgatory", where they're getting by each year but no longer has a chance to be a multi-billion dollar company
  • Common mistakes founders make when pitching VCs
  • When do the biggest disagreements happen over possible investments
  • What happens when an idea is great, but one of the founders is toxic
  • Is there anyone now like Silicon  Valley coaching legend, Coach Bill Campbell?
  • What kinds of large companies are easiest to compete with?
  • R&D and basic research, now and then
  • Investing in people, pre-idea
  • If you started today with zero connections and $50k in the bank, what would you do?
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