At Pitchwits, we help pre-seed founders assess their investor-readiness. Take the time to reflect on each of these key eight questions to evaluate your startup’s strengths, gaps, and growth potential – so you can approach investors with clarity, confidence and a compelling case for funding.

Part 2 guides founders to avoid common startup traps – premature scaling, vanity metrics, and generic stories – by focusing on real needs and learning. Pitchwits partners with startups to sharpen your narrative and strategy, helping you build investor-ready pitches that inspire confidence and support resilient growth across all fundraising stages.

Many founders fall into the cargo cult trap – mimicking startup signals and chasing investor optics instead of focusing on real progress and unique business needs. This leads to generic pitches, misaligned metrics, and lost confidence. The Pitchwits team helps you identify the cargo cult risks in your business.

Founders often cling to early certainty – but building a successful startup requires treating ideas as hypotheses, not dogma. At Pitchwits, we coach founders to test assumptions, measure outcomes over outputs, and model a culture where learning from failure is praised.