Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

As such, your public profile should include everything non-confidential about your business that may attract the interest of potential investors, and your private profile should contain complete, accurate information about all the details of the business that will lead investors to request an in-person meeting with you.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

I recommend making friends the first formal test of your elevator pitch, your investor slide deck, and your business plan, and earnestly ask for their advice (not money) early. Just like professional investors wait for friends and family to go first, friends will wait for you to show “skin in the game.”

Elevator Pitch 151

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Angel Investor Equity 151

www.xconomy.com

JUNE 9, 2012

“The last thing you wanted was any more VCs like that,” says Coats, who began thinking that what lead VCs and entrepreneurs really want was additional venture investors whose participation would be less complicated—more like a co-investor—and who could decide on joining in a deal in a week or two.

San Diego 40

San Diego Venture Capital Technical Review San Francisco 40

Gust

JULY 18, 2012

The Gust-DEMO scholarship gives you and your company the chance to launch in front of a world-renown audience of leading investors, top enterprise and consumer technology press, and big company strategists. Have a business plan and a management team capable of delivering the product to market. SCHOLARSHIP.

Silicon Valley 142

Silicon Valley Differentiation Lead Investor Distribution 142

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2011

We’re almost always the lead investor and usually the most active, too. But we didn’t want to have a “submit your business plan” form. Look more modern than our previous website, which had a very 2000 feel to it. Demonstrate the deep relationships we have with the CEO’s with whom we work. Sadly, I didn’t make the cut.

Early Stage 260

Early Stage Lead Investor Portfolio Partner 260

Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2012

At the other end, do your homework to really understand which investors would be the most productive for you to approach. Blindly sending your business plan to every single angel and VC in the world will have zero effect, and simply clogs the system while annoying everyone.

Software Review 164

Software Review Term Sheet Technical Review Angel Investor 164

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC - Feld Thoughts , August 2, 2010 Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed investors.

Startup 191

Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191