Tl;dr: You are fundraising and you want to know what you need to prepare. What fundraising documents do you need? I’m going to tell you. The three key ones are a pitch deck, a financial model and a forwardable email. There are others, but they are optional. Firstly, don’t bother with raising till you are fundable in the first place. …
Pitch deck flick test. The test to know if venture capitalists will respond
Tl;dr: Learn what the flick test is. If you want to not only get a venture capital investor to read your deck, let alone a response, you need to make things easy for the investor. That means designing your deck so it is easy to read. The flick test is an easy way to know. If you can flick down …
The Double Opt-In Email Introduction
What is The Double Opt-In Email Introduction The Double Opt-In Email Introduction is when someone wants to introduce two people and has the permission of both before doing so. It’s common sense, but doesn’t seem to be common. To watch this blog “So, how can I help?” Have you ever got on a phone call and both people say at …
This is how to get a venture capital introduction for your startup fundraise
TL;DR: You need an intro if you want a venture capital introduction. Investors don’t want to meet you. They wanted to be introduced to you. The best intros come from portfolio companies and other investors from a different stage, but with similar or better status to the target. You likely won’t know the nature of the relationship people has together, but …
Non disclosure agreements (NDA) for startup fundraising don’t matter, so don’t sign nda
Nondisclosure agreements, sign NDA, NDA, confidentiality agreements or even proprietary information agreement, what are they good for? Well, I’ll tell you. ‘Will you sign my NDA?’ is a very frequent question first time founders have. It’s also really bad one. There has been a lot written on this topic. To save you time googling, I’ve put together a pretty definitive …
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