A startup founder gets roasted about their pitch deck, $70K government grant, and whether they're actually compliant with VAT and GDPR. The conversation turns hostile fast, ending when the founder walks out.
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European founder that sent me the pitch deck? That's you, right? Should we bring an overhead projector to see your pitch deck? What are you innovating these days? Fax machines? Did you already register the company or are you still figuring out your VAT laws out here? Yeah? How's that $5K in funding? What was that, your Series A? Series B?
We don't have $5K in funding. We raised $70,000.
$70,000?
In a government grant, yeah.
I'm spending more in my vacation in Greece. How are those anti-labor laws doing these days? I'm running. I can't hear you. You're out of office. So I'm curious, what do you use for video calls? Skype? Do you guys have access to that? Hey, you want my phone number? Yes. Oh no, I can't do that, right? Because of the GDPR laws.
I'm leaving.
You want me to get you an Uber? You guys have Uber here? Are you sure? Were you gonna take the metro?