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There’s nothing more intimidating than giving a pitch to a panel of VCs. Why? No matter how awesome you and your company might be, there are too many unknown variables: competitive companies in a portfolio, lack of interest, mismatched market opportunity, run rate numbers that are too low — the list goes on. According to one stat, VCs reject 99 percent of the pitches that they hear. Ouch. What’s even tougher is that founders have a very limited window to get their pitches right: you have to be able to articulate your value in only a few minutes. Everything from…

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