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First pitch red flags — Pick 4 that make you mentally pass before the meeting ends.
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- Can't explain why now
- TAM slide is a Wikipedia paragraph
- No customer spoke to you yet
- Competitive map is 'we have AI'
- Cap table already a mess
- Founder won't answer on competition
- Deck is 40 slides — no appendix
- Buzzword density > insight
- 'We're like X but for Y' with no Y insight
- Revenue definition changes mid-call
- Every co-investor is 'top tier'
- They want a celebrity valuation at seed
- No urgency — 'raising when ready'
- Product demo fails live
- Advisor list instead of team