Terrence Rohan

Every single successful startup I know has persevered through at least one:

- struggled to raise
- co-founder split
- failed first product/low early PMF
- adversarial board/investors
- layoffs

These don’t typically hit the headlines, but almost every success has at least one.

The time to sell (some) is now.

Pitches were decks. Then memos. Then Looms.

Just saw my first AI-generated video pitch:

Animation, narration, numbers explained, markets defined, the company’s history told in sequence.

It is the most persuasive form of communication I have seen.

The first yes is worth more than the biggest yes.

The true internal test at seed is not whether a VC will fund you.

It is whether it’s worth the next 10-15 years of your life.