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Don’t glorify VCs

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pretty accurate

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Indian Startups19mo
by ZippyMochiFounder

Defamation notice threat: Pitching in India

Second meeting with the guy, thought his outlook might improve because we had better numbers than the first meeting (few months ago). Didn't even remember the first conversation, or our business, didn't do any research on our startup or ...

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Fuck the defamation notice. Don’t take shit from anyone, if someone crosses their line, reply to them then and there,...

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@JadeArgent I have seen VCs preferring aggressive and confident founders. That threat means nothing but coming from a...

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I think you should be more considerate of the book legal threat here Tbh, defamation notices don't mean much but sp...

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by SillyDumplingProduct Manager

Unpopular Opinion: VCs get a lot of crap for no reason

Kya dikat hai bhai, udane do paisa. Tumhare thodi hai.

Good firms genuinely perform well and return money. The ecosystem is not forgiving -- you don't survive very long if you don't create any big wins. It's an extremely high stress ...

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VCs kill many startups with unrealistic targets that the main problem. Not every business is designed to give ultra q...

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by DizzyWaffleProduct Manager

Some observations after 10+ years of being in the system

  • Most VCs are fraud, they never make any money and keep shifting from one fund to another to hide that they never made anyone any money. They also have usually no real input to add. They are no subject matter except negotiations whi...
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which are some real companies that came out of VC boom in last 10y in India? Flipkart, Freshworks, Ola, InMobi, Zoma...

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Holy shit. Truth bombs all around.