How the Top VCs Want To be Pitched
Five top guys tell you exactly what they want to hear -- and what they don't.
View ArticleWhat Entrepreneurs Can Learn From the 5 Craziest Investor Meetings I’ve Had...
Entrepreneurs are willing to go to some pretty great lengths to secure funding.
View Article8 Common Elevator Pitch Blunders, and How to Fix Them
The better you understand what makes an effective elevator pitch, the more likely you will attract investors and customers.
View ArticlePitching Investors With Customer Motivations Won’t Work
Here are the eight differences between convincing the public to pick up your product vs. getting someone to fund your business.
View ArticleAvoid These 7 Mistakes When Pitching Your Business
How's your 'elevator pitch'? What? You don't have one? Big mistake!
View Article13 Tips on How to Deliver a Pitch Investors Simply Can’t Turn Down
Hint: Practice your pitch. And then practice it again. And again.
View ArticleCheck These 14 Boxes and You Have the Complete Pitch Deck
Among the worst mistakes you can make pitching investors is not anticipating the fundamental questions they will want answered.
View Article5 Wrong Answers When Pitching Investors for Capital
If you don't know each and every detail of your business, why would an investor want to work with you?
View ArticleHow Star Wars Will Help You Raise Capital for Your Company
The movie focuses on the 'hero's journey,' a structure that can be useful when telling VCs your company's story.
View ArticleBrevity Is the Secret to Pitches That Nail It Every Time
Investors stop listening when the pitch is just an avalanche of data.
View ArticleBefore Asking to Meet an Investor Know Why the Investor Should Talk to You
Asking for an introduction to an investor without explaining why the investor will be interested reflects very poorly on you.
View ArticleHow to Land Your Startup’s Funding Before You Even Pitch Investors
If you want investors to take you seriously, you need to demonstrate your growth potential and prove you know your market inside and out.
View Article7 Investor Questions Startup Entrepreneurs Need to Know How to Answer
You have more of a chance of attracting investors if you can speak to these seven critical areas of a new business idea.
View Article10 Essentials for a Persuasive Seed-Round Investor Deck
No deck is perfect but the good ones all succinctly tell investors what they need to know to make a decision.
View ArticleHow Creating a ‘Minimum Viable Pitch Deck’ Helped Us Raise $6 Million
Forget creating the perfect pitch for investors. Instead, focus on creating a deck you can iterate based on actual investor feedback.
View Article6 Things Your Investors Are Thinking While Seeing Your Pitch
Investors want to make sure that you have the tenacity and ability to succeed, Also, that they're going to make a profit.
View ArticleCould Your Startup Answer These 23 Pitch Competition Questions?
Asked and answered. These real-life pitch questions from Steve Case's Rise of the Rest tour can help give you an edge on your next pitch.
View ArticleGerard Adams and Social Media Influencer Jake Paul on Entrepreneurship and...
'You never know when an opportunity is going to strike so you have to be ready at all times, no matter what!'
View ArticleHow This Tampon Company Overcame Investor Knowledge Gaps and Raised $11.2...
The founders of LOLA made a list of every question investors might ask and added it as a slide to their pitch deck.
View ArticleWhat to Get Right When Raising Money: 5 Insights for Startups From a Former VC
Don't expect VC funds to just be handed to you.
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