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Red flags in emails to angel investors

(Some observations from Gabriel Weinberg)

I’ve written before about how the very first email to an angel investor really matters, or at least to this angel investor. It’s very easy to get thrown in a bucket of wannabes or bad first-timers. Here are a few of those red flags from my perspective.

Sending an email through a service.

My email is really easy to find. Yet you’d be surprised how many people write me cold messages through Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Yes, I’m easy to find there too, but I prefer email, and I think most people do too. If you send me a
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Start-up funding scarce. Who was to blame? – Los Angeles Times

Hattie Bryant and Bruce Camber said they were thrilled when John Garcia told them he had made a fortune as an entrepreneur and could help their compa
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The Finders Paradox — OC VC

Should you use a finder to obtain venture capital? I won’t tell you definitively whether you should or shouldn’t, but I will share my personal thoug
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Another Tip for Entrepreneurs: On Raising Venture Capital — You Don’t Need Finders!!!

Here’s another suggestion for anyone starting a venture and/or seeking venture capital. Be careful about using funding agents or “finders” to help
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Beware of Capital Raising Middlemen

This problem of capital scarcity for early stage companies is so prevalent that you may have begun to notice that there are literally thousands of pe
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Choosing a Finder When Raising Capital

At some point, you may be tempted to hire a professional “finder.” Technically, a finder is someone who purports to be an expert at helping entrepr
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Ask The VC: Should I Outsource My Fundraising?

Q: I’m the founder of a small internet start-up. Among my duties are editing and posting content daily, creating media partnerships, and bolstering
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