Gust

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Being relentlessly resourceful is definitely not what you learn in big companies, or in most schools. Relentlessly resourceful. Not merely relentless and passionate about your journey, but able to overcome novel difficulties (per Paul Graham ). The buck stops here. ” The CEO has to be confident and clearly the final decision maker.

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David Teten VC

MAY 2, 2020

But on the other side, I definitely recommend seeing what information others have made public. for their pitch deck. . Run the following searches on Google or another search engine: [company name] pitch deck. company name] pitch video. For each competitor, I suggest you do the following: Look on Angel.co

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Since this is my inaugural post here, I decided it would fit the occasion to list the five things I value most in an startup investment proposal. Having been involved in a failed startup definitely doesn’t rule anybody out in my mind as long as they can talk to me about what went wrong and what might have been better.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

A dedicated pre-event Summit kick-off gave each company more time to present with additional opportunities for Summit attendees to connect with companies during ACA 2021 – The Summit of Angel Investing. The pitch prep work from our sponsors at NIH were helpful in crafting the message from experts in their field.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Changes to corporate investing rules could diminish China’s resilient venture landscape. 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment. In a guest post by Marjorie Radlo-Zandi, the veteran angel investor shared five key elements she considers before investing.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 5, 2021

By: Amy Duncan, Fund Manager - San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC) III The number of accredited angel investors in the U.S. Based on the definition of an accredited angel of a net worth of $1 million or more, the potential number of angel investors could be up to four million.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 16, 2013

Everyone could toss in 100k and you could definitely find 1:1 matching from various instructions to bring it up to $10mm. And when guys start pitching to women for capital, that's when you really get behavior change. The problem is that so few women pitch. Let's bring in both Clinton women, too, while we're at it.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

I was cognizant that women only received less than 1% of venture funding globally, but that wasn’t at the forefront of my mind as I started my journey or as I pitched to VCs or angels. That’s why women founders are encouraged to transition into angel or VC investing to increase the number of women-led startups that get investments.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

Seriously though, were there things you saw as a founder – or an angel investor in other people’s companies – that informed your own approach to venture now? Michael Mignano: Throughout my time building Anchor, I met and pitched many, many VCs. And that was definitely who I was during the Anchor days.

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