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10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

Startup Professionals Musings

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week.

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10 Keys To Limiting Your Startup Story To Ten Minutes

Startup Professionals Musings

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

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10 Ways To Make Your Investor Pitch More Effective

Startup Professionals Musings

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet according to the latest data from Gust (formerly AngelSoft), only about 3 out of 100 companies who initiate the formal request process actually get funded. 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.

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10 Guidelines for Angel Funding Presentations

Startup Professionals Musings

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is an extended pitch on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

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10 Setup Steps To A Compelling Startup Presentation

Startup Professionals Musings

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. The first words out of your mouth should be “Can everyone hear me, and read the screen?”

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