Entrepreneur Voices on Elevator Pitches
Improve Your Odds of Getting Funded by Matching Your Pitch to the VC's Investment Pattern
It's the often unseen trigger -- that invisible 'something' -- that gets them to bite. Seek it, use it, close the deal.
5 Reasons Investors Are Ignoring Your Business -- And How You Can Get Their Attention
It might be your business plan, or your space in the market. Or, it could be you.
The Science of the First Impression: 5 Elements of a Great First Impression
The first impression informs how you're thought of well beyond the first moment, so get it right.
Why You Need a Million-Dollar Pitch Before Your Start a Business
You're not ready to launch your business until you can explain in 20 seconds or less how it helps someone.
12 Key Strategies to a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
Crowdfunding has witnessed some spectacular fails. Don't let your project be one of them.
From Backers to Buyers: How Kickstarter Helped Me Launch a Product the Traditional Way
Here are five things I learned from crowdfunding that prepared me to take the leap.
What Are VCs Really Trying to Say? Here Are 3 Common Conversations Translated For You.
Use these translations to decode the three most common messages to understand what your investors are actually telling you.
If You Do Any of These 3 Things in Your Pitch, Investors Will Know You're Full of Hot Air
Avoid the dreaded "balloon pitch."
8 Ways to Win Over Investors for Your Startup
Unless you are Elon Musk, raising capital is one of the hardest things you will ever have to do as a founder or CEO.
If You're Trying to Raise Money, Doing Any of These 9 Things May Scare off Investors
Avoid these mistakes and funding could be yours.
A Few Pointers on the Worst Ways to Write A Pitch Deck
People aren't interested in your company, they're interested in what you can do for their company.