🚨 MY EXPERIENCE WITH “FOUNDERS” WHO WANT FUNDING FOR FREE 🚨
Let me be brutally honest — because someone has to say it without filters.
Over the years, I’ve spoken to countless so-called startup founders. And what I’ve realized is shocking, but consistent:
👉 Most of them are not founders they’re fantasizers.
They’re not building.
They’re not executing.
They’re not solving real problems.
They’re just daydreaming about getting funded.
Every second person thinks having a startup idea, registering a company, and putting together a Canva pitch deck is enough to raise capital.
They come with:
❌ No MVP
❌ No product in market
❌ No revenue
❌ No users
❌ No feedback
❌ No commitment
❌ AND no personal investment — not even ₹100K from their own pocket
But they still expect investors to put in ₹50 lakhs to ₹5 crores because… they have a "vision"?
What they actually want is a shortcut free money, fast fame, and startup status.
No grind. No skin in the game. No willingness to sacrifice.
And guess what happens next?
They’ll spend 8 to 10 months chasing the “funding dream,” pitching to anyone who’ll listen, tweaking decks, faking traction, and doing everything except building the actual business.
Then reality hits.
💥 They burn out.
💥 They run out of steam.
💥 They quietly shut the company down and go Back to a job
💥 Or… they rename it and start the same circus again under a new label.
I’ve seen this pattern on repeat — over and over again.
No learning. No growth. Just new packaging of the same broken approach.
“Founder” is becoming the new word for avoiding a real job while pretending to be on a hustle.
Let me make one thing absolutely clear for those who need to hear this:
💣 Funding is not a birthright. It is earned.
💣 VCs and angels don’t back fantasy they back execution.
💣 An idea is worth zero. Execution is worth everything.
If YOU are not willing to put your time, energy, and hard-earned money into your own idea WHY should anyone else?
Don’t waste your time (or anyone else’s) living in la-la land.
Stop romanticizing funding.Start validating, building, and investing in your own damn startup.
🔚 CONCLUSION (THE HARSH TRUTH):
If you’re not all in — don’t bother.
If you’re not willing to bleed for your startup don’t expect investors to lose sleep over it.
If your first instinct is to raise money instead of building value you’re not a founder. You’re a tourist in startup land.
I’m done sugarcoating this for anyone. Build or get out of the way.
Write to me if you want to get extreme consulting on fund raising.
