All of these pitch contests are a waste of time You should treat them more as marketing, and that works if you already have the time and resources to go on thi

All of these pitch contests are a waste of time You should treat them more as marketing, and that works if you already have the time and resources to go on this marketing circuit Doing these to get the initial seed is a waste of time Biggest shock of coming to silicon valley for me was the industry of silicon valley. Poor programmers, idea guys with no network or money or talent (just like everywhere else), hackathons where powerpoint presentations with mockups win, event hosts making a killing, all operating in parallel to the real action which is still only accessible by your network.