Too Long; Didn't Read
One by-product of having so many early stage incubators and accelerators in the <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/startup" target="_blank">startup</a> ecosystem is that most young founders have done a lot of <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/pitch" target="_blank">pitch</a> training very early in the life of their companies. Maybe too much. Many founders I meet have completed more than one incubator program before reaching product/market fit and well before they have significant customer traction. Having completed programs with weekly and monthly pitches complete with a handful of pitch contests, I suspect some of these founders have done 10X more investor pitches than they’ve done customer pitches. Which may be great for honing the company story for investors, not so great for perfecting a compelling story for customers.