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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. Get your Internet domain name and website.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. The Gust Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. are eliminated during due diligence.

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10 Guidelines for Angel Funding Presentations

Startup Professionals Musings

The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. entrepreneur startup funding angel investors presentation business'

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10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

Startup Professionals Musings

The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. The AngelSoft Deal Funnel from the last 12 months indicates is that 70% of the interested companies never make it past the initial screening process. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. are eliminated during due diligence.

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10 Keys To Limiting Your Startup Story To Ten Minutes

Startup Professionals Musings

The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?” Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation.

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Interview with Avantika Shahi, Haus

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Our interview with a startup entrepreneur this morning is with Avantika Shahi , the founder and CEO of Haus (www.grademyhaus.com), a new Los Angeles startup hoping to create a new way for people to search for homes. The early stage, self funded startup recently launched its beta in Los Angeles. What is Haus all about?

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