If you are pitching VCs for money, it is a good double check to scroll through these suggestions how to ruin a VC pitch in 5 words or less.

Some of these are funny, some of these are not. But more interestingly, it reveals the cliche jargon that people are using in these pitch meetings. The first check is if your pitch is directly dependent on one of these. The second check though is whether a VC or other investor who might not know you very well, is a bit tired (you are pitch #15 of the day), and just got distracted by a message on her phone, might actually perceive that you are making this mistake, are just the same as all the others.

How do you come across when people are not paying attention 100%?

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