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Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short – maybe short on content, but not short on pages! A perfect round number is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten […]

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Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals

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Do most angel investors make money?

The reality is that results in angel investing tend to bifurcate: “Professional” angel investors, who are investing calmly, steadily, relatively-rationally, over a long period of time and with a strong knowledge of both investment math and early stage realities, tend to not only make money, but do quite well: the average return for a comprehensive, […]

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David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.

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Investors Know A Product Doesn’t Make a Business

Why is it that most of the business plans I see are really product plans? I define a product plan as a detailed description of your product or service, with a bit of business thrown in at the end. A business plan is a detailed description of your business, with a bit of product description […]

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Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals

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How do we deal with offers from investors when we have just closed a round?

Very simply, you respond cordially and promptly, letting them know that although you have just closed a round and are not currently fundraising, you would like to keep them updated on your progress, as there might be future opportunities for them to be involved. If you have the bandwidth, offer to meet with them briefly […]

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David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.

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Market Opportunity From Customer Hostility, Exhibit 802.11: Airline WiFi

Entrepreneurship is often born of founders’ sheer frustration with the status quo. One class of clear business opportunity, which wouldn’t exist in an ideal world, is created by the service that seemingly makes it as difficult as possible for potential paying customers to make it take their money. This sort of chronic customer dissatifaction flies in […]

Antone Johnson , Founding Principal , Bottom Line Law Group

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