Entrepreneur Screening Slides Writing 
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2009
This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. Thinking out loud – I’m sure that’s important for entrepreneurs as well. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I talked about this in the TWiVC video but I didn’t do a good enough job of writing it up in the summary notes in the post. I think the norm in the industry is still to see Powerpoint slides and I wouldn’t hold this against anybody. I’m usually itching to just see what you’ve built. The best policy is to ask.
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 25, 2010
Any SoCal entrepreneur raising early-stage money should put Rincon on their short list. I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while and was going to use AngelList by Nivi & Naval as the basis for my example and the perfect prompt came yesterday when I read Fred Wilson’s blog post on AngelList.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. They had slides with moving images and music. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. If you really get nervous and are afraid you’ll forget your lines have one 3X5 cue card in your hands for each slide.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2010
My advice to entrepreneurs was and is “ when the hors d’oeuvres tray is being passed take two ” (e.g. It eventually closed at 11,204 in April ’10 before sliding back around 10,000 as I sit here and type. VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time.
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