Investor: any stretched number in a pitch is an automatic pass
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-15
Closing part of the thread: stretched numbers may often be sloppy wording, but once he sees even slight inflation, he wonders what else is stretched—and passes on the deal. He reiterates that trust starts at 100% and only goes down from there. (Part 9; see the thread root for the full story.)
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