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I was at a mentor meeting today with an entrepreneur who needs capital for a very interesting internet business. This guy had done a pretty good job with his plan - better than most that I see. And he had lots of sense. Again rare. And he listened. Even rarer.
He got a lot of [...]

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You’ve no doubt heard investors referred to as ‘vulture’ capitalists. And I’d agree that I have seen some investors act like vultures. Not a nice look.
But let me put this to you…
When you take on an investor you have made certain ‘promises’ about what you and your team will deliver in exchange for the [...]

You’ve heard of ‘death by powerpoint’ well, ‘death by technology’ is even deadlier! It’s the Black Mamba in the world of pitching.
Yet too many entrepreneurs keep sticking their hands into the Black Mamba cage and they keep getting bitten - most don’t survive.
I made a presentation at the AusFirst Angel Conference last weekend. I spent [...]

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I’ve just interviewed Bob Christiansen from Southern Cross Venture Partners. Bob and his partners have a fund of about $300million and they invest in early stage technology companies.
Bob has been in the game a long time. He’s heard thousands of pitches.
The biggest mistake according to Bob…
The biggest mistake is to talk too much about the [...]

Wow, what a week. We had 14 international investors looking for deals. Things were really buzzing.
I worked with 11 companies to get their pitches just right. It was a bit of a mixed bag to start with. Over about 3 weeks before the big day we re-structured and revamped the presentations. Lots of work there!
It [...]

Here is a great video from the UK television series “Dragon’s Den”.

I found this video of what NOT to do when you’re pitching a movie idea, but it’s also relevant for entrepreneurs pitching to investors.