do you think bootstrapping as a first time founder to find some level of users or revenue is a better signal to VCs than just having a nice MVP and pitchdeck?

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users (and better yet, customers) is always better than a nice MVP and pitchdeck. one of the biggest questions at the early stage is "do people really want this". It's very difficult to know until you try, so by having users/customers you de-risk this

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