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Led fundraising and U.S. market entry at an Asian deep-tech startup. 180 VCs contacted, 40 meetings, 0 term sheets. Wrote the post-mortem and the framework I'd use going back: Customer → Numbers → Exit → Structure → Proof → Valuation → VC.

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180 VCs, 40 meetings, 0 term sheets: what a consistent failure taug180 VCs, 40 meetings, 0 term sheets: what ht me about raising in the U.S.
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180 VCs, 40 meetings, 0 term sheets: what a consistent failure taught me about raising in the U.S.
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Did anyone actually pay you before you built the full product?
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Why I wrote a book about 180 failed VC meetings instead of a success story
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