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Yep, something that is sadly becoming more and more common. People with solutions spending insane money trying to convince others that a problem exists.


I'm gonna go out on a limb and say these guys would never have raised if they didn't have "GitHub co-founder" on the first slide of the pitch deck


Ok, that explains everything. Who you know in the Valley is everything. Literally.


It's why fail fast is a thing


It's basically the entire context of this website.


The beauty of it all is one doesn’t even have to invent a solution… they only have to invent a “problem” to be pitched for VC funding.


have you heard startups




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