I am repeatedly asked "why <i>you</i> and why <i>this</i> startup?" when talking to people about what I'm doing. VCs and other startup experts always kick off with this question. I get through the answer but always feel "because it's an interesting problem" is what it boils down to.<p>What are the best answers given by entrepreneurs to the question: Why you and why this startup?
When anyone ever asks me that I say: "why not". Then I tell them "do me a favor and lets skips the bullshit questions". Then I start talking to them about things that actually matter like: How much profit we've made, what our run rate is and what can happen. The bottom line is, when you actually make a profit, at least a couple of thousand no one is gonna ask you those useless questions.
If you're talking to VC's, the answer that got us the money, was:<p>"We really felt there was an opportunity in the market for a well underwritten product. That could claim a sizable share of the userbase for (your app here) and we believe we can leverage that userbase in to a profitable business generating revenue (or EBITDA) of X by X"