Demo Invest Screening Writing 
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2013
I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. There is one source I never liked and no early-stage VC should – investment bankers. It’s a Demo Day thing.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2013
I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. There is one source that was always problematic for me – intros from investment bankers. Big difference.]. Big difference.].
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation. If you demo your product (which is always great) then tell us part of the story while you’re demo’ing. Also, asking is not appropriate at a marquee conferences like TechCrunch50, DEMO, Twiistup and the like.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I’m comfortable with introductions and then getting into the demo.&#. I talked about this in the TWiVC video but I didn’t do a good enough job of writing it up in the summary notes in the post. If you want to go quickly to the demo – knock yourself out. Just jump into the demo after intros. Mobile app?
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
Your product demo crushed. I fly home Friday night, weekend on the soccer field with the kids and head into a Monday partner meeting that will be contentious because there are two controversial investment decisions to make. I think you’d really enjoy meeting her wether you decide to invest or not. The dialog was great.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 8, 2009
Most of them are telling you that they just need to see a bit of traction before they’d be prepared to invest. Investors are giving you a version of the “soft no,&# which basically means that they’re not prepared to invest now. Everybody seems to like you but nobody seems to be getting out their checkbooks.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 13, 2018
If you truly believe that you, your company and your products are exceptional and your company will be valuable then you’re actually doing them a FAVOR by helping them invest in your startup. If you don’t believe in your bones that you’re amazing then it’s no wonder you don’t want to sell them on making the investment.”
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