The Naive Mistake You Don’t Want to Make When Pitching Your Startup

Aaron Dinin, PhD
Jan 28 · 4 min read

The first time I pitched a startup to a large group of investors, I made a mistake so naive and embarrassing that nobody in the audience even wanted to consider investing. Unfortunately, not only did I have no idea at the time, it took me years to realize I’d messed up.

The pitch event was organized by a startup accelerator my co-founder and I had…

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Aaron Dinin, PhD

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I teach entrepreneurship at Duke. Software Engineer. PhD in English. I write about the mistakes entrepreneurs make since I’ve made plenty. More @ aarondinin.com

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