For founders / 05
Start with the hard part.
We do not need a warm introduction or a perfected narrative. We need to understand the technical mechanism, the economic discontinuity it creates, and the evidence that your system can survive outside the laboratory.
No warm introduction required
Technical detail encouraged
Technical detail encouraged
Before you submit
Lead with the technical mechanism, not the category
Quantify the current cost of producing the outcome
Show field evidence, even if the sample is small
Name the assumption most likely to break the company
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Every submission reaches the investment team
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Specific evidence carries more weight than presentation polish
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A first conversation is built around the hardest open question