Quoting Dare

Being a successful startup founder means being very good at fund raising. This means being good at stroking the egos of powerful people with lots of money and making fantastical promises that they can’t resist. Elon is good at it but Altman is better.

• Dare on Bluesky

TechCrunch used to do Start Up pitch breakdowns and guides on how to present to investors. They all agreed with the above post (in much friendlier and more subtle ways).