A founder spent 45 minutes pitching Lotus to advisor Dr. Amika Bham, who told them to cut it down. They trimmed it to 20 minutes, then 15, then 5, then 3, learning that brevity forces clarity when explaining complex ideas.
When I first asked my very first advisor, Dr. Amika Bham, to become an advisor to Lotus, it took me 45 minutes to explain to her what we were doing and why. Actually, it took us 45 minutes. And I remember the very first, you know, I stopped, you know, 40, after 45 minutes, I paused and I said, okay. All right. What questions do you have or what concerns do you have? And I'll never forget the very first point she made was, You need to figure out a way to explain this more concisely, which makes a ton of sense. And so over time, it came down to 20 minutes and 15, 5 minutes. And I think more recently, I think I figured out a way to say it in 3 minutes.
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