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By Mina Demian | Business Path Here's a number that should keep every founder up at night: investors respond to roughly 10% of the pitch decks they receive. They invest in less than 1%. That means 90% of decks get ignored. Deleted. Filed away in a folder that never gets opened again. I've sat on both sides of this equation. As a startup advisor at Platform Calgary, I've reviewed over 1,000 pitch decks from early-stage founders. I've watched investors' eyes glaze over during p

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Startup hypothesis: I have a tentative solution to a problem that can be tested. Phase 1: Make sure your problem has at least one or...