UNPITCH — Defend your startup's right to exist
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{{ liveDot }}STORM ADVISORY ADVISORY 11-NOV-2026 · LISBON · WIND 140KM/H · IDEAS AT RISK
BULLETIN No. 002PRESSURE 962 hPa ↓CONF. STATUS: CANCELLED
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Defend your startup's right to exist.

Charles cancelled the conference. We're cancelling bad assumptions.

WED 11 NOV · {{ eventTime }} LISBON · ONLINE · FREE
Startups in the eye of the storm: {{ counterText }}
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WIND140 km/h
PRESSURE962 hPa
EGOSIntact
FORECAST · ONE ROUND ≈ 12 MIN · 5 ROUNDS

How a round works

CAT 1WIND 60 KM/H
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Pitch

The founder gets 60 seconds. No slides required. No slides encouraged.

CAT 2WIND 95 KM/H
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The internet strikes back

We show the closest existing alternatives, researched in advance. Yes, including that one.

CAT 3WIND 120 KM/H
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Receipts

QualityMax tests the competitor's claim — or the founder's own product — live.

"They advertise it. We tried it."
CAT 4WIND 140 KM/H
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Verdict

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INSTEAD = use the existing tool instead.

Every founder leaves with one assumption to test and one intro from the room.

AFTERMATH · ISSUED TO EVERY FOUNDER

The survivor card

A storm certificate for your startup: the verdict, what survived, and how hard the wind blew.

Post it. Or don't. Your call.

1080 × 1350 · PNG · SENT AFTER YOUR SLOT
STORM SURVIVAL CERTIFICATENo. 003/005
THIS STARTUP
Fogbank
fogbank.app
SURVIVED
WHAT SURVIVEDNobody else does offline-first notes for field engineers.
WIND WITHSTOOD140 KM/H
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RECEIPTS BYQualityMax
QualityMax · RECEIPTS

Landing pages make claims. QualityMax checks them.

During CAT 3, QualityMax opens the real product, follows the claim like a real user, and screenshots every step. Pass or fail, on screen. They advertise it. We tried it.

claim-check · example.com Sample
STEP 01"Sign up in 30 seconds" — done in 22s
STEP 02"One-click CSV export" — button exists, file never arrives
STEP 03"Works on mobile" — checkout completes at 390px
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Keep your phone near. The storm is coming to you.

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GROUND RULES
  1. 01Volunteers only.
  2. 02We attack ideas, never people.
  3. 03Nothing is posted without the founder's OK.