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How *not* to send an intro email to investors!

Monday, August 9th, 2010

I often read Mark Cuban he has some really valuable insights for entrepreneurs.

When you are trying to hit up a potential investor you will only get one shot (if you are lucky enough to get hold of their…

Ron Conway and Paul Graham startup success data

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

I was watching Michael Arrington interviewing Ron Conway and Paul Graham and this is what I learned and also my own view after several startups of my own and those of friends.

So Ron’s very simple data from 500+

Videocast: how to raise angel funding with Jon Gillespie-Brown

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Today I did a Videocast with StartupSchool, it was a one hour session with on how to raise angel funding. We had a lively discussion about many of the core things Startups need to know about Angel Investors…

Want an Angel Investment? this is the video 101

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

I often get asked about how to raise Angel money and where to start. Well I have written a lot about this in the blog but personally I like learning from AV media more than blog posts…

Great lessons from an Angel Investor Matt Coffin

Friday, November 27th, 2009

This is one of the best videos I have ever watched to help startups see what makes sense in coming up with an idea and other great lessons, how to avoid building something no one cares about, what angels…

How to find Angel Investors…the “smart” way!

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

My friend Bob Karr, CEO, Link Silicon Valley, LLC is one smart cookie.

He regularly sends members of his website http://linksv.com very useful, timely and detailed information about funding transactions going on in the Valley.

This is useful…

Make sure your business plan gets read – build a “killer” exec summary

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Like most people I hate writing business plans, I want to get on with the business at hand rather than keep writing and re-writing lots of words about what I plan to do!

This must also be true for…

Need to raise a smaller VC round, say 1-2M, see this list

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

I asked a friend Bill Romans to recommend to me smaller VC funds that like to offer smaller amounts of funding and are happy to work with $1-2M and variations around that level.

These guys are VCs but tend…

Great advice on pitching VCs…common mistakes and how to avoid them

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Tim Ferriss has had the foresight to ask some of the presenters at this years TiE conference (TiE’s annual conference on entrepreneurship, TiECON 2009 May 15/16) some very useful questions:

  • What is the best pitch meeting that

How to write a winning elevator pitch

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Writing a good and punchy “elevator pitch” is way harder than most people think. Plus I find that I really need to teach this skill a lot with my Stanford and UC Berkeley MBA’s to help them both with…

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