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episode 53: Say what your company does in 30 seconds
Sunil Nagaraj is the founder and managing partner at Ubiquity ventures, a Silicon Valley-based seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in smart hardware and machine intelligence startups. Sunil talks about how real-world physical problems are transformed into software solutions. He looks for founders with a combination of deep technical knowledge and precise contact with the first prospective customer.
- Clear product-market fit and go-to-market strategy show the viability of a business idea.
- Convert any physical problems into software problems for quicker and less expensive solutions.
- Investors lose interest when you take too much time to explain the context. Instead, simply state what your company does early in the pitch.
- Position your product through a customer's eyes.
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