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I Took 400 Meetings With Investors to Get My Startup Funded. Here's What I Learned.
Pitching Investors

I Took 400 Meetings With Investors to Get My Startup Funded. Here's What I Learned.

Here are five strategies that early stage entrepreneurs can adopt as they begin fundraising for their company.
Dana Loberg | 5 min read
How to Use Psychology to Get Investors to Close When You Want Them to

How to Use Psychology to Get Investors to Close When You Want Them to

Deadlines can trigger FOMO and FOMO can trigger signing the papers.
Alex Gold | 5 min read
7 Reasons to Never Send Your Deck to an Investor Before You Meet in Person

7 Reasons to Never Send Your Deck to an Investor Before You Meet in Person

Without you, your deck is just a memo with diagrams.
Alex Gold | 7 min read
Improve Your Odds of Getting Funded by Matching Your Pitch to the VC's Investment Pattern

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.
Alex Gold | 5 min read
5 Reasons Investors Are Ignoring Your Business -- And How You Can Get Their Attention

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.
David Kleinhandler | 6 min read

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