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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

are eliminated during due diligence. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors expect a one or two-page executive summary sheet for the initial screening, backed up by a ten-slide Powerpoint investor presentation.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

There was no viral social networking products back then like Twitter where people could easily discover your content. We have also been very busy with our next release, which is due out by December 11th (but I’ll save that for a different post). Slides, please.” I was wrong. This is going well. Page 1: Market Size. $3

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

are eliminated during due diligence. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors expect a one or two-page executive summary sheet for the initial screening, backed up by a ten-slide Powerpoint investor presentation.

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