I spent weeks on my pitch deck. I read about psychology, how people process information, what makes someone say yes. I worked on each page as if it was gold. The narrative, the flow, the data, everything had to be perfect. I even studied how VCs read decks so I could front load the most important stuff.
Then I sent it out. A few platforms connected me with investors. Some of them literally asked me to send it to them. So I did.
A few days later I checked Docsend. The average time spent on my deck was 19 to 25 seconds. Some of them opened it 10 seconds after asking me to send it. 19 seconds. For weeks of work. For something I poured everything into.
That was a huge disappointment. Not because I expected a yes from everyone but because I thought the work would at least be seen. It made me realize the format itself is broken. You cannot tell a founder's story in a PDF that someone skims in under half a minute.
Maybe that experience conflicted with what we are building now. Obridge is a platform where founders show who they are through short video pitches and live traction data instead of static decks nobody reads. Investors discover them through a feed built around their thesis.
The waitlist is open. I am not going to drop the link here because I am genuinely just sharing this and I do not want it to seem like self promotion. But if anyone is interested or wants early access just ask me for the link.