027. Don’t Make Me Think, Don’t Make Me Work
My number one rule for pitching and pitch decks is: Don’t make me think. Don’t make me work. Here are six examples.
July 12, 2022
The VC Minute - Tag: Fundraising Basics
A beginner-friendly guide to raising a seed round and launching your startup fundraising journey.
026. The Deck Gets The Meeting
The point of your pitch deck isn’t to get an investment. The point is to get a meeting.
It’s just like when you’re job hunting. The point of a resume isn’t to get the job. The point of the resume is to get the interview. The pitch deck is serving the same purpose.
July 11, 2022
024. Tell an Investor You’re Interested
You never know unless you ask. How are you going to get the investment if you don’t ask for it?
July 8, 2022
025. Don’t Email Everyone in the Firm
Bonus content: If you’re reaching out to a small fund, don’t email, every single person in the fund.
Time is our most precious asset; I’m grateful that you’d spend of some of yours with me. Thank you.
July 8, 2022
023. Updating Investors
As you meet with potential investors, your goal with the first meeting isn’t to close the deal. It’s for both you and the investor to get data points on each other.
July 7, 2022
022. Referrals to Investors
The wrong way to ask for referrals from your network is to say, “please introduce me to investors.”
July 6, 2022
021. Finding Investors
A fundraise process starts with knowing who to target. Here’s my list of VC lists—all free.
July 5, 2022
020. Oversubscribed
There are three types of mythical creatures: big foot, aliens, and a funding round not described as oversubscribed. It’s funny because it’s true. But it’s true because it works.
July 1, 2022
019. Target Raise
This is completely counterintuitive but the amount you’re telling investors that you want to raise is too high.
June 30, 2022
018. Runway
When you set out to raise a round of capital, you’ll get asked about your runway. This is important because fundraising is a waste of your time. 😁
June 29, 2022
017. Here, There, Capital
Founders part of your job in a pitch is to convince potential investors that you will get to the next level on the treadmill. And to do that, you need to three things: Here, There and Capital.
June 28, 2022
016. VC Treadmill
Raising venture capital is a treadmill. One that only gets faster and only gets steeper.
June 27, 2022
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