Traction, team, and product are all above "social proof", "pitch", and "presentation" on Ravikant's ranking.
But, if you're down into the "social proof" and "pitch/presentation" items, they are signals of whether you can market yourself. Do you have the discipline and talent to express yourself in the most plausible and positive terms?
If you can always do an excellent, comprehensible, compelling pitch, then yes, that does mean you'll get more looks and months-of-runway than other startups that are bad at pitching themselves. That's life in the big city.
But, if you're down into the "social proof" and "pitch/presentation" items, they are signals of whether you can market yourself. Do you have the discipline and talent to express yourself in the most plausible and positive terms?
If you can always do an excellent, comprehensible, compelling pitch, then yes, that does mean you'll get more looks and months-of-runway than other startups that are bad at pitching themselves. That's life in the big city.