Investor reacts to good and bad startup pitches

Published 2024-05-09
Today, I'm trying another show format. In this episode, I react to four famous startup pitches (some real, some fake!). Throughout each pitch, I pause the clip and give my take on what worked and what didn’t.

The pitches
• Jian Yang’s hot dog app:    • Jian Yang: hotdog identifying app  
• DoorDash’s YC application:    • DoorDash's Application Video for YC S13  
• DoorDash’s YC demo day:    • DoorDash at YC Summer 2013 Demo Day  
• Doorbot’s Shark Tank pitch:    • The Sharks Struggle To Understand Doo...  

Episode timestamps
(00:00) Show intro
(00:10) Silicon Valley’s hot dog app
(01:54) DoorDash’s YC application
(02:38) DoorDash’s YC demo day
(06:29) Doorbot’s Shark Tank pitch
(07:44) That’s a wrap!

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