PSA: a VC at a downtown Austin coffee shop on 6th told me my pitch was 'too weird to fund' and that was the best thing anyone said to me | Austin Tech Business - Thought Shares
PSA: a VC at a downtown Austin coffee shop on 6th told me my pitch was 'too weird to fund' and that was the best thing anyone said to me
He passed on my seed round but spent 30 minutes telling me every reason why, and 2 years later my ARR is at $840K. Who else got a no in Austin that turned out to be a map?
Oh man, I heard a similar thing on a podcast once, some founder said their worst rejection ended up saving them from building the wrong thing. Kinda makes you wonder how many good ideas got killed just for being different.