Podcast · ~60 min

How Stories Shape Decisions, Trust & Startup Outcomes: A Masterclass with Ameen Haque

Ameen Haque with Amit Somani, Prime Venture Partners · Prime Venture Partners Podcast Free Intermediate India

One of India's leading storytelling coaches on how founders can tell a story that earns trust. It helps you shape the emotional clarity of your 'why you' without slipping into hype. Practical craft for the 90 second answer.

  • People decide through stories, not lists of facts.
  • Make the customer, not yourself, the hero where you can.
  • Trust is won through narrative, so shape yours deliberately.
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The question it answers

  1. I keep hearing 'why you' matters to investors. What are they actually looking for when they ask it?

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