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Investor Presentation Guidelines (The 7P’s you can do it on a napkin!) Southwest Airlines business plan was conceived on a cocktail napkin. Compaq Co read more »
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This is a talk on pitching startups to Investors given to students in Stanford’s business plan competition. Lots of good advice.

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All venture capitalists have probably experienced a bad pitch from an entrepreneur. But a couple years ago, the team at Canaan Partners heard a real read more »
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At the Techcrunch 50 event, they had a panel of VC’s answering 20 questions on a wide variety of subjects. You can read the full text here or watch read more »
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I had a meeting last week where an entrepreneur insisted on showing me a demo first. He was scrambling around asking for wireless keys and looking f read more »
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Thinking startup? David S. Rose's rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself read more »
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It is important to remember that you often have only one opportunity to make a good impression on potential investors, so you need to ensure you have read more »
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Endless articles, books, and blogs have been written on the topic of business plan presentations and pitching to investors. In spite of this wealth o read more »
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A topic by topic guideline to preparing a typical, short investor pitch. From one of the most successful Angel groups. read more »
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Serial tech entrepreneur and renowned angel investor David S. Rose talks about the growth of angel investing, and offers advice on how to successfull read more »
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Put together by the Tech Coast Angels (TCA) in California. Slide by slide suggested content together with questions you can expect from the audience. read more »
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