Your investor doesn’t give a shit about your product.

When you are pitching your company, it’s tempting to dwell on the solution you’ve created — usually in the form of your product or service. Don’t — it doesn’t matter.

Haje Jan Kamps
Nov 3 · 3 min read

A common problem I see in pitches is that product-focused founders are spending too much time talking about the solution they are building. That makes sense.

In the context of a pitch, founders spend most of their day-to-day efforts on tasks…

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Haje Jan Kamps

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