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我们如何利用活动、LinkedIn、开源和免费账户。没有任何策略，仅仅是出于好奇心去学习和解决问题。好奇心 > 策略我们不知道“MVP”、“pitch deck”或“融资”、“联合创始人”这些词。初创企业、风险投资、天使投资的世界对我来说都是陌生的…… 所以我们是这样开始的。我们在LinkedIn和我参加的活动中联系陌生人。我甚至花了10万印度卢比（按购买力平价计算约4900美元）参加付费活动和专业培训。我从未犹豫过在我的好奇心上花钱。这在长远来看是值得的。我们在没有任何期待的情况下帮助陌生人。尽管这样，仍然有很多人不回应……我在想，为什么呢？这些人明明说他们需要帮助。但这种痛苦在长远来看是有回报的。你会明白这就是世界的运作方式。你联系20个人，如果有2-5个回应，那你就算幸运了。交易破裂我帮助了一个想成为美国风险投资者的人筹集1亿美元的基金，两个想创业的团队，以及两个与我们想法有重叠的人。由于我们对任何想法都不确定——风险投资的事情看起来很令人兴奋。我们用自己最擅长的领域——技术和人脉来帮助他们——甚至不知道我们想要什么回报。我们免费介绍了7到10个联系，起草了技术方案，设计了技术团队。这是真诚的合作，双方都在不断发展。那个想成为风险投资者的人希望我们担任重要的风险投资角色——但那感觉像是就业。所以交易破裂了。没有pitch deck就获得了第一位天使投资人我们在LinkedIn上帮助的一个人给了我们一个成为第一位天使投资人的机会——当时我们甚至没有在筹款。我们不知道“Pitch Deck”这个词。他也在我们新一轮融资中投资。他之所以这样做，是因为他的想法与我们的重叠，并且他喜欢我们在帮助他时解决问题的方式。 15天内的MVP 在一次活动中，我联系了一些可能想要帮助或成为联合创始人的人。我与一位欧莱雅的高管分享了我们的想法。他说——让我们一起构建，并带到欧莱雅去。 Achal和我对后端/构建非常熟悉，但我们没有做过前端。尽管如此，我们还是在15天内完成了它。另一个希望破灭欧莱雅的那位人士说——颜色/美学不达标，无法带到欧莱雅。我们说——这就是为什么这是MVP。到那时，我们已经有了第一位天使投资人。寻找出路——没有直路我们决定将MVP推向市场，不管美学如何。投入一些资金来验证市场（少于12000美元）。半自动化地折扣了7张发票。GST号码借用了第一位投资者的。但我们没有前进的方向。天使告诉我们——准备pitch deck。 Achal和我已经有了详细的技术和商业计划（虽然很粗糙，但无所谓）。我们在验证、参加活动、帮助、交流、学习，从德国和美国到印度——同时进行。幸运之神眷顾敢于出门的人一位曾经的同事看到了我的愿景，介绍我们认识了他的Razorpay同学。他把我们联系到了Razorpay的投资团队——他们帮助我们完善了我们的pitch deck。他们说——你们正在构建的东西叫做“先买后付”，并且使用了人工智能。我们并不知道这个词。我们是通过探索和联系得知的…… 这是来自一个接触最新想法的人的启发。现在我们的pitch deck与一个热门市场对接上了。我们并不知道——是别人告诉我们的。同样的产品，新故事。世界为我们框定了这个故事。两个月后我们拥有了： - Pitch deck - 验证过的MVP - 团队 - 最热门的产品在第一轮融资中筹集了80万印度卢比（约10.5万美元）。后来又筹集了68,000美元。现在正在进行另一轮融资，并获得了更多的承诺——这一切都是没有策略的。如果没有活动和主动联系，我们可能需要两年和三倍的资本才能达到这里。我们有了一个可工作的MVP、pitch deck、团队和早期投资者。我们做了什么： - 公开分享想法 - 放在网页上 - 不追求完美 - 验证后继续前进 - 主动联系，自由帮助，不求回报 - 建立。融资。合作。进入市场。

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How we leveraged Events, LinkedIn, Open-source, free accounts. With 0 Strategy. Just plain curiosity to learn & solve a problem.Curiosity > StrategyWe didn't know words MVP, pitchdeck nor about fundraise, co-founder. Startups, VC, angels world was alien to me....So here's how we started. We would ping strangers on LinkedIn & events that I joined. I even spent Indian Rupees 1L ($4900 in PPP terms) on paid events/niche trainings.I’ve never hesitated to spend on my Curiosity. It pays back in long run.We helped strangers without expectations. Still ppl won't respond... I wondered why? These people posted they needed help.But this pain paid back in long run. You learn this is how the world works. You reach 20 — if 2-5 respond, you're lucky.Deal that crashedI helped 1 wanna-be US VC raising $100M fund, 2 wanna-be startups & 2 folks with overlap to our idea. Since we weren't sure about any idea — VC thing looked exciting.We helped with what we know best — tech, connects — without even knowing what we wanted in return. Introduced 7–10 connects, drafted tech, designed tech teams — for free.It was genuine collab evolving on both sides. Wanna-be-VC wanted us in plum VC role — but that felt like employment. So the deal crashed.Got first Angel without pitch deckOne person we helped on LinkedIn gave us offer to be our first angel — when we weren’t even raising. We didn’t know the word “Pitch Deck”. He’s investing in our new round too.He did it because his idea overlapped with ours & he liked how we navigated the problem while helping him.MVP In 15 daysAt an event, I pinged folks who might want help or become co-founders. Shared idea with a L'Oréal exec. He said — let’s build & take it to L'Oréal.Achal & I knew backend/building like water. But we hadn’t worked in frontends. Still, we built it in 15 days.Another hope crashedL'Oréal guy said — colors/aesthetics aren’t up to mark. Can’t take this to L'Oréal. We said — that’s why this is MVP. By then, we had our first angel on board.Finding way out — there’s no straight roadWe decided to take MVP to market, aesthetics or not. Put some money to validate market (<$12k). Discounted 7 invoices semi-automated. GST number borrowed from 1st investor.But we had no way forward. Angel tells us — put pitch deck. Achal & I had detailed tech & biz plan already (shabby, but whatever).We were validating, attending events, helping, talking, learning, wrapping from Germany & US to India — all at once.Luck meets those who dare to go outAn ex-colleague who had seen my paper vision introduced us to his Razorpay classmate. He linked us to Razorpay’s investment team — they helped refine our deck.They said — what you’re building is called “Buy Now, Pay Later” with AI. We didn’t know that. We reached this word by seeking, reaching...It came from someone who had access to latest ideas. Now our pitch deck aligned to a hot market. We didn’t know — others told us.Same product, new story. The world framed it for us.2 months laterWe had:Pitch deckValidated MVPTeamHottest productRaised ₹80L ($105k) in first round. Raised $68k more later. Raising another round now with more commitments — all without strategy.Without events, active reachout — it might’ve taken 2 years & 3x more capital to reach here. We had a working MVP, deck, team & early investors.What we did:Shared ideas openlyPut it on a webpageDidn’t try to be perfectValidated, moved forwardReached out, helped freely, expected nothingBuild. Fund. Collaborate. Go to market.

15天内的MVP以及陌生人为何变成了天使