Hyatt missed investing in User Interviews due to a flooded inbox
Michael Hyatt · #66 Does Anyone Really Want Your Product? · Mar 3, 2025 · at 28:30
Investor Michael Hyatt explains why he never followed through on his verbal commitment to invest in Dennis Meng's startup User Interviews following his pitch on The Pitch.
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“After the show, you know, you're delused with a whole bunch of stuff, and then you get back into your working life, and then you have a whole bunch of deals going on, and I know this is a poor excuse for the people who listen to this show, but I literally dropped the ball on this one, and in fact, the sad part is, is that he was emailing an email address that I don't use as often, and it also went into my spam folder, and then he did try to contact me a number of times, But I mean, the excuse sounds like my dog ate my homework and I don't blame this entrepreneur. You know, he did reach out. I did find the emails. It was too late. It was my screw up.”
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