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我们是如何利用活动、领英、开源和免费账户的。没有战略，只有对学习和解决问题的纯粹好奇心。好奇心 > 战略我们甚至不知道 MVP、演示文稿或关于融资、联合创始人的事情。初创企业、风投、天使投资人的世界对我来说是陌生的……所以，这就是我们开始的方式。我们会在领英上和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，约合 4900 美元）参加付费活动/小众培训。我从不犹豫为我的好奇心花钱。从长远来看，这是值得的。我们无私地帮助陌生人。但人们仍然不回应……我很好奇为什么？这些人明明发帖说他们需要帮助。但这种痛苦在长远来看是值得的。你学到了世界就是这样运作的。你联系 20 个人——如果 2-5 个人回应，你就很幸运了。失败的交易我帮助了一位希望筹集 1 亿美元资金的美国风投、2 位有创业想法的人和 2 位与我们想法有重叠的人。由于我们对任何想法都不确定——风投的事情看起来很令人兴奋。我们用我们最擅长的——技术、人脉——来提供帮助，甚至没有想过要得到什么回报。介绍了 7-10 个人脉，起草了技术方案，设计了技术团队——免费的。这是一次双方共同发展的真诚合作。想成为风投的人希望我们担任重要的风投角色——但这感觉像一份工作。所以这笔交易失败了。在没有演示文稿的情况下获得了第一位天使投资人我们在领英上帮助过的一个人向我们提供了成为我们第一位天使投资人的机会——当时我们甚至还没有开始融资。我们甚至不知道“演示文稿”这个词。他也在投资我们的新一轮融资。他这样做是因为他的想法与我们的想法有重叠，并且他喜欢我们解决问题的过程，同时也在帮助他。15 天内完成 MVP在一次活动中，我联系了可能需要帮助或想成为联合创始人的人。与一位欧莱雅高管分享了这个想法。他说——让我们一起构建它，然后把它带给欧莱雅。Achal 和我都知道后端/构建就像喝水一样简单。但我们没有做过前端。尽管如此，我们还是在 15 天内构建了它。另一次希望破灭欧莱雅的人说——颜色/美学不合格。无法将其带给欧莱雅。我们说——这就是为什么这是一个 MVP。到那时，我们已经有了第一位天使投资人。寻找出路——没有笔直的道路我们决定将 MVP 推向市场，无论美学如何。投入了一些钱来验证市场（<1.2 万美元）。打了 7 张半自动化的发票折扣。从第一位投资者那里借用了 GST 编号。但我们没有前进的道路。天使投资人告诉我们——准备演示文稿。 Achal 和我早就有了详细的技术和商业计划（虽然粗糙，但就这样吧）。我们正在验证、参加活动、提供帮助、沟通、学习，同时从德国和美国到印度——同时进行。幸运之神会眷顾那些敢于走出去的人一位曾看过我纸上愿景的前同事向我们介绍了他在 Razorpay 的同学。他将我们与 Razorpay 的投资团队联系起来——他们帮助我们完善了演示文稿。他们说——你们正在构建的东西被称为“先买后付”，并结合了人工智能。我们不知道。我们通过寻求、联系才接触到这个词……它来自一个可以接触到最新想法的人。现在我们的演示文稿与热门市场相符。我们不知道——是别人告诉我们的。同样的产品，新的故事。世界为我们构建了它。2 个月后我们拥有：演示文稿经过验证的 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（10.5 万美元）。后来又筹集了 6.8 万美元。现在正在进行另一轮融资，并获得了更多的承诺——所有这些都没有战略。如果没有活动，积极主动地联系——可能需要 2 年时间，并多花费 3 倍的资金才能达到这个目标。我们有一个可用的 MVP、演示文稿、团队和早期投资者。我们做了什么：公开分享想法把它放在一个网页上没有试图做到完美验证，继续前进主动联系，免费提供帮助，不求回报构建。融资。合作。推向市场。

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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 天内实现 MVP，以及陌生人如何化身天使