Software runs perfectly through the twelve internal demos and the QA passes, until one edge case picks the exact moment you are standing in front of a hundred-person audience.
The golden rule of software demo's is that something will go wrong with your software the moment you are demoing it to a 100+ audience.
It will perfectly fine the 12 times you did the internal demo or your QA - but one edge case will rise just at that perfect moment on your demo day.
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