Getting rejected 144 times taught me what VCs really think

on the other side of the table. I mean, I have a lot of experience as a founder, pitching investors, getting rejected a 144 times. So very much an experience in the founder side. They're a loss. Yeah. And and and I I can't say that it's been and and I think it's not the most founders, you know, it's one of the things they like least about starting a company. Right. It's very much song and dance. And but what I didn't appreciate or maybe appreciate more on the other side now as I spent time on the other side of the table as a venture partner or, sitting in certain meetings, meeting hundreds of investors,