A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Four ways to get automatically rejected by an Angel investor. Advice on pitching Angel investors who often have different criteria than the typical VC. VentureBeat). Also see my follow-up article: Four more ways. Ten ways to make your writing more compelling.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

About twenty people on Answers OnStartups have asked this question in one form or another: When I meet an angel investor, he may ask: "What if a big company copies your idea and develops the same website as yours after your website goes public?". This is Part 2 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.??? Personal authority.