I like the advice to not claim to change the world but it also seems that by and large to get VC you kind of have to claim exactly this (at least implicitly). H

I like the advice to not claim to change the world but it also seems that by and large to get VC you kind of have to claim exactly this (at least implicitly). Hypergrowth potential or go home. While this isn't the official mantra of VC it's probably a lot harder to get funding for a humble idea that you also pitch humbly. Maybe a sub-YC with the explicit idea of "pitch your startup with no hypergrowth potential" would be an interesting experiment. Ironically I think YC is probably the best about not looking too much at hypergrowth potential and focusing more on execution potential but they are also the most likely to try a sub batch like this (based on the recent "superearlystage pitches only" and including non-profits etc.)