Nice article, but also rather soft. These are the basics and are to be expected. The one thing that is missing is to say, find out who you are pitching to and research them well before getting in front of them. Learning any tidbits off the internet is relevant as it will give you a feel of who you may encounter across the table. It is a good thing that many of the VCs love to use Twitter, so do the homework to be able to get into their shoes.
Now about the overall article, it is interesting the imagery is a woman of color which makes the irony rather stark as she would not get these easy questions and would be very unlikely to get the meeting given the fact that less than 1% of funding go to women of color.
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