To prepare for demo day, I've decided to use iPG with M-x doctor (she's from a small, not widely known country that has some native naming eccentricites and is in constant war with their two lettered neighbors), the CEO at my new health startup Psychologr. Obviously I'm the technical cofounder and she's the ideas person, so I let her do the talking.
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iPG: Who might become competitors?
M-x doctor: What do you think?
iPG: How big an opportunity is there?
M-x doctor: I'll ask the questions, if you don't mind!
iPG: What do you understand that others don't?
M-x doctor: Can you elaborate on that?
iPG: Why will you succeed?
M-x doctor: I could ask the same thing myself.
iPG: Who would be your next hire?
M-x doctor: I would appreciate it if you would allow me to do the questioning.
iPG: Would you relocate to Silicon Valley?
M-x doctor: Why do you say?
iPG: How much does customer acquisition cost?
M-x doctor: I have asked myself that question many times.
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So, the tactic seems to be stay firm, and let him know who's asking the questions.
If someone's looking for a fun, kind of silly weekend hack, I've always thought it would be lots of fun to feed PG's essays and comments into Megahal or something like that that is more advanced than M-x doctor.
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iPG: Who might become competitors?
M-x doctor: What do you think?
iPG: How big an opportunity is there?
M-x doctor: I'll ask the questions, if you don't mind!
iPG: What do you understand that others don't?
M-x doctor: Can you elaborate on that?
iPG: Why will you succeed?
M-x doctor: I could ask the same thing myself.
iPG: Who would be your next hire?
M-x doctor: I would appreciate it if you would allow me to do the questioning.
iPG: Would you relocate to Silicon Valley?
M-x doctor: Why do you say?
iPG: How much does customer acquisition cost?
M-x doctor: I have asked myself that question many times.
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So, the tactic seems to be stay firm, and let him know who's asking the questions.
Can we have our money now?