Elizabeth Yin guest stars on Second Opinion

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Today’s Edition

Today, we welcome our very own Elizabeth Yin, a General Partner at Hustle Fund, to the Second Opinion stage. She's a seasoned investor who's seen thousands of decks, and she has an uncanny ability to spot the one thing that kills a pitch.

✨ Today's episode: we watch as Elizabeth reviews a pitch deck and identifies the fatal flaw that even experienced founders miss.

The startup: Subhub, a building materials procurement platform targeting a $1.2 trillion market.

The episode

This episode is about 18 minutes long.

Minutes 0-7 cover the problem and solution slides, where Elizabeth immediately identifies clarity issues.

Minutes 7-14 dive into market sizing, competition, and business model questions that remain unanswered.

Minutes 14-18 feature Elizabeth's overall assessment and the core insight the deck is missing.

Here's the episode:

-Dunky, Elizabeth, Alex, and Mark