regarding this "you want to seem like you're having your * together": My experience is this is bad advise. There are people who care a lot about this appearanc

regarding this "you want to seem like you're having your * together": My experience is this is bad advise. There are people who care a lot about this appearance stuff and people with skills, in any role, even as pure investors. You don't want to work with the appearance people because even the you-can-trust-them part often is just appearance. And the people with actual skills don't give a shit if you sit there with a 4k camera and a straight shirt or in your undergarments and a 3-day beard. They care about if you can deliver something useful, if you can stick to your goals+principles in tough times, and if your goals align with them well enough that they can believe you stay on board until they made their profit. So not being well prepared for the video call part is actually not a minus point. It might even be a plus. Kudos for the fundraiser. Keep posting, you guys are interesting!