5 Reasons I’ll Automatically Pass on Investing in Your Startup

Fix these basic problems first before looking for investors

DC Palter
Entrepreneurship Handbook
6 min readNov 10, 2023

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Avoid these red flags when you pitch to investors. Photo by Girl with red hat on Unsplash

I spent last week listening to 100 pitches for early-stage startups. I’m exhausted.

My angel groups typically invest in roughly 1 out of every 100 applications. That means 99% are passes. For at least half the pitches, it’s obvious…

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Entrepreneur, angel investor, startup mentor, sake snob. Author of the Silicon Valley mystery To Kill a Unicorn: https://amzn.to/3sD2SGH