
Career Moves · Track 5
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Andy Raskin · The power of strategic narrative | Andy Raskin
“Not a compelling story.”- Anonymous VC (to Andy Raskin)
Andy Raskin started as a coder during the dot-com era. When a VC rated his pitch 1/10 and wrote 'Not a compelling story' in the margins, it redirected his entire career. Walking past a Barnes & Noble, he saw a sign pointing to screenwriting books and realized movies are structured fundamentally differently from business pitches. That chance encounter became the foundation of his strategic narrative framework.