Entrepreneur Funding Presentation Screening 
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 21, 2023
The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. Research your audience before presenting.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 30, 2013
The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. Research your audience before presenting. Marty Zwilling.
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Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 13, 2011
I believe in this so much that, despite my post advising you to be prepared for the *norm* in VC, I wrote a post about a company that came in for a presentation and never even got the slides out or presented a demo. I funded them 8 weeks later. The “Triple Play&# of VC Presentations. Call an audible.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Many fail spectacularly after exceeding their funding objectives.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 29, 2011
Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but I prefer to think of them as innocent over-enthusiasm or over-confidence that can kill your deal. No investor wants to wait that long for his return, or fund the years of waiting. Gartner says our market will be $50 billion in 2015.”
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. Research your audience before presenting.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 17, 2013
Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. Amount of funding provided is usually not enough. Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market.
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