advice document pitching 
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Back when I was pitching my previous startup to investors, it had never really dawned on me that they had experienced what I was going through--and that a VC firm was essentially a startup. VCs pitch for money, too. No one ever thinks about VCs having to pitch, who they pitch to, or how it works.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 17, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series “ Pitching a VC “ There’s a great meme developing this morning on the need to simplify funding terms and documents. Tags: Pitching VCs Start-up Advice. That prompted Fred Wilson’s blog post appealing to the industry to make these simplified term sheets standard.
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
This is one of the lessons I wish I understood when raising a Series B, so I hope you find this advice helpful when you navigate your larger raises. You want to proactively manage the order in which people access information and focus their attention on a few key documents that they can return to when they fall down a rabbit hole.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 17, 2019
I think his advice is this op-ed is bananas. I have even had to get physical security advice from some of the crazy. So if you want some real-world, non-Wharton advice it’s this: Practice writing great email titles that are compelling and personal and grab the attention from the person with whom you want an answer: “Important!
Gust
AUGUST 19, 2012
Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. The approach I recommend is to build the investor presentation first, by iterating on the bullets with your team, and then fleshing out the points into a full-blown text-based business plan document. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 19, 2010
I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. I’ve experienced this in many sales meetings I’ve made and unfortunately in many VC pitches I made. Congratulations. Sometimes that works.
Y Combinator
AUGUST 6, 2020
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