This is so cynical. If you ask any alumni, you'd know that we spend most of the time during the program to tell startups NOT to even think about fundraising. 11

This is so cynical. If you ask any alumni, you'd know that we spend most of the time during the program to tell startups NOT to even think about fundraising. 11 weeks of the program is focused on them talking to users and building stuff. Only the week before Demo Day do we start working with them on their presentations to investors and fundraising strategies. This is because the best way to fundraise is to actually build something that people want and then just show the evidence to investors. I have no interest in helping people manipulate or trick others into giving a startup money. Also, it almost never works. The most persuasive startups are usually the ones pitching the truth. It's also so much easier that way.