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Quick Practical, Tactical Tips for Presentations

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. - A tale of two pitches (I eventually invested in the first company that pitched). It’s any meeting where you are in a small room and are being called on to present on some form of overhead slides. The problem is that the people your presenting to are forced to choose between looking at you and looking at the screen.

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How to Not Suck at a Group Presentation

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They had slides with moving images and music. Nobody wants to read your text on a big screen. If you really get nervous and are afraid you’ll forget your lines have one 3X5 cue card in your hands for each slide. The CEO, Rahul Sonnad , played the ukulele and sang a song about what their product did. Far more expedient.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

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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. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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Rincon is part of the new breed of Seed Stage VCs and with the leadership of Jim Andelman has charted out the most authentic early-stage investment strategy in Southern California. Nowhere is social proof more prevalent than in angel investing. From there Rob decided to make a small investment.

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Why Entrepreneurs & VCs Should Focus on Basecamp, Not the Summit

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A few months ago I wrote a post called “ Invest in Lines, Not Dots.&# It was my investment philosophy that observing teams’ performance over time was far more insightful than reacting to how good of a product demo they do, how good they present Powerpoint slides or how great tech blogs say they are.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

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I apply visual thinking for nearly everything I do: preparing for important phone calls (I imagine my opening lines, I imagine the responses), writing keynote presentations, deciding whether or not to invest in a company, preparing for board meetings – you name it. These are all creative processes. No matter.

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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

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But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Get your Internet domain name and website.

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