It is not uncommon for start-ups to pivot their product and / or business model a few times and the right pivot at the right time can determine success or failure of an early-stage company. The Startup Genome project found that “startups that pivot once or twice times raise 2.5x…
I gave a talk yesterday at Bootup about the “Art of the Investor Pitch” – Maura Rodgers did a great job summarizing it and here is the full slide deck. Being good at pitching investors is one of the key success factors for entrepreneurs so have a look at the…
Image by Jam Adams via Flickr I have seen my fair share of entrepreneurs that were “all in” – mortgaged their house to the max to get their start-up going, using their credit card limits to make the next payroll, close to personal bankruptcy at any moment. There are probably…
By now, everybody should have heard about Angelgate, from Arrington’s initial walk into the secret meeting of Silicon Valley super-angels to Dave McClure’s blog post as a response to Ron Conway’s email distancing himself from whatever was going on. A lot of drama during these past 3 days, too much…
I met with 10 early-stage startups in Seattle yesterday and it was a good reminder for me what some of the most important messages are that you want to bring across to an investor when you have a limited amount of time to present your company. Here are the 4…
