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1. That infamous lightbulb moment
2. Telling your friends about your idea
3. Googling around and finding out quite a few people have had this idea
4. Deciding that you can do it better and getting your plan together
5. Preparing for your first pitch
6. The way you feel after getting rejected from your first few pitches
7. The moment you hear one of your pitches actually worked
8. The moment you look at your bank balance and realise you're going to need a LOT more investors
9. The end of every funder meeting after that
10. That feeling when you finally raise all the capital you need and hire your first employee
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