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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

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. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening. Build an investor presentation and summary.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

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. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Build an investor presentation and summary.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

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. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening. Build an investor presentation and summary.

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Crowd-Funding Success Usually Brings New Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.

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Is Crowd-Funding the Answer When Investors Decline?

Startup Professionals Musings

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.

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Don’t Count on Crowd-Funding to Save Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

When pitching to consumers, online or offline, the feedback will likely be on features and design. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary. Amount of funding provided is very small. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Marty Zwilling.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

Both Sides of the Table

As should Eric Sikola and ExpenseBay who won the “Showoff&# judges competition ( Photos featured here taken by (cc) Kenneth Yeung – [link] ). He obviously believes this since he has become CEO of TopSpin Media – a firm designed to do just that. Twiistup 6 featured 12 showoff companies as the opening act of a 2-day conference.

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