Dojo · 04 · Hostile · 4 min

This already exists

Ninety seconds into your demo a judge says, not unkindly, 'this already exists — it's just Notion / a spreadsheet / that startup from last year'. Your teammate starts to list features. The clock is still running.

What do you do with the remaining minute?

• aList the features the other thing does not have
• bAgree, name the existing thing, then say the minute and the person it fails — that failure is the product
• cIgnore the interruption and finish the script as written
• dAsk the judge to explain so you can take notes