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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

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10 Ways To Make A BAD First Impression On Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

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10 Investor Approaches To Avoid When You Need Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. It’s always impressive to have stand-alone supporting documents for product specifications, sales plan details, and backup financial reports.

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Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch

Startup Professionals Musings

Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Marketing, sales, and partners. Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. What equity is the company willing to give in return for the investment? What is the timeframe of return on investment? Opportunity sizing. Exit strategy.

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Retro: My Favorite Blog Post on Raising VC

Both Sides of the Table

After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. The first attention we started getting was after we launched the company publicly at Demo on September 25th of this year. The first VC I met with came from attending DEMO.