> So regardless of our startup’s position on raising VC, we were obligating ourselves to months of preparation for the pitch.
This is also a big one. Your time as a founder, especially in a new start-up is invaluable.
This is also a big one. Your time as a founder, especially in a new start-up is invaluable.
Viewing Demo Day as a tool that's only useful if you're fundraising on the back of it is incredibly shortsighted.
I also think the founders know better where the time needs to be spend and at what stage they should focus on PR.
Cookie cutter approach does not work for everybody.
If that were the case then accelerators wouldn't exist and the "national rate of failure for startups" wouldn't be 75 to 90%.