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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
If you are one of the thousands of entrepreneurs who need equity funding to get your startup going (no loans to repay), you are probably overwhelmed at the prospect of finding, contacting and pitching to the huge number of qualified angels and investment groups around the country. Register Internet and social media startup names.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 30, 2020
Jeff Bezos readily admits that his first career in a Wall Street-based investment banking firm gave him some keen insights into business realities, before a fear of regret and a personal passion led him to create Amazon, now the largest ecommerce site in the world. Strategic planning is a required ongoing investment.
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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 18, 2022
If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 21, 2020
If you are not in that rare category of known and proven entrepreneurs, you should avoid the following list of my top ten turnoffs that I have personally experienced as an angel investor. They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
VCs and Angel investors like to see a startup that is running lean and mean, with no more than three or four of the conventional C-level or VP titles. This is a fancy title for a personnel manager in a large corporation who keeps track of all the hiring and firing, and has a staff to build job descriptions and personnel policy documents.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 27, 2020
Yet if that leaves you with no documented business plan or unclear strategy, most investors and even customers will walk away. There are complex processes, like filing a patent, and financial tools that may be new to you, including Excel and Quickbooks. Prioritize your tasks ahead of helping others with theirs.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 31, 2015
Here are the most common elevator pitch missteps I see often as an angel investor and advisor to startups, with some quick advice on how to address each: Insist on leading with the story of the company. For example, “Unlike all the other LCD providers, our patented high intensity light has no blue tint or glare that looks unnatural.”
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