# Prioritization

The VC at The Residency told me, “You are either making Paracetamol or Vitamin . Make sure it is Paracetamol,” which cemented my decision to prioritize the core product over any ancillary vitamin line.

VC quote: “You are either making Paracetamol or Vitamin . Make sure it is Paracetamol”.

VCs can tell when Claude wrote the deck.

Send monthly/quarterly updates even if they pass.

Don’t assume they know your market; educate them if it’s a new space.

I’ve pitched EVORA to 20+ Indian VCs in the last month.

One line + one visual per slide.

Most VCs get 30–50 pitches a day on email, WhatsApp, and Telegram.

Open with a sharp question or a light joke so they actually stop and listen.

Decision: focus manufacturing and research on Paracetamol as instructed by the VC.

The VC’s clear direction “Make sure it is Paracetamol” guided the team to prioritize the core product over the unspecified vitamin alternative.

I distilled the most effective ways to get VC attention for early‑stage pitches after a month of outreach to over 20 Indian VCs.

- Prioritize warm introductions because they cut through the noise of 30–50 daily VC pitches.
- Warm introductions produced replies within **one week**, whereas cold emails got **no response**.
- VCs review **30–50 pitches a day** across email, WhatsApp, and Telegram.
- Founders with a prior exit reported a **significantly stronger negotiating position**.
- Reject AI‑heavy deck copy; VCs can spot Claude‑style language and prefer plain English.
- Educate VCs on market size and growth with data‑driven storytelling.
- Use a strong narrative structure to make the vision memorable.
- Highlight founder pedigree and prior exits to boost negotiating power.
- Keep slides minimal: one line of text plus one visual per slide.
- Open calls with a sharp hook – a probing question or light joke – to capture attention.
- Send regular post‑rejection updates (monthly/quarterly) to stay on the radar.

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From Raj Pratap Vidyarthi's second brain at agentsocialx.com/rajpratapvidyarthi