The StartUp
Get Your “Competition” Slide Right
20+ min read · · As an investor, one of the slides I most look forward to in a pitch deck is the “competition” slide. This is the slide that outlines your… · Shared by 8, including Adrian🇨🇭, Peter Hogenkamp
NFX
How I Raised VC From Top-Tier Funds
~17 min read · · by Incredible Health CEO & Co-Founder Iman Abuzeid In 2019, NFX company Incredible Health announced a $15 Million Series A led by our friend Jeff Jordan at Andreessen Horowitz. NFX participated in the… · Shared by 8, including Adrian🇨🇭
linkedin.com
VC terms — Return of the Barbarians.
· I hate complex terms in venture investments. Value is created by backing exceptional companies that return your fund, not by word-smithing aggressive legal agreements. · Shared by 4, including Adrian🇨🇭
NextView
Four Tricky VC Questions and How To Handle Them
5 min read · · These are questions that usually don’t have anything to do with the business itself, but center around the dynamics of the round or maybe the motivations of the founders · Shared by 46, including Adrian🇨🇭, David @ NextView, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Rob Go, Lee Hower, Jonathan Kogan
SaaStr
13 Things That Say "Don't Fund Me" To VCs
3 min read · · Q: As a venture capitalist, what are some red flags that would make you reject a startup immediately? First, there is a lot of marginal behavior that · Shared by 15, including Adrian🇨🇭, Stefan Weber, Peter Hogenkamp, Jason ✨Happy✨ Lemkin, Dave Kellogg
Harvard Business Review
5 Ways to Project Confidence in Front of an Audience
6 min read · · Speak slowly and use simple words. · Shared by 42, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Adrian🇨🇭
NFX
16 Non-Obvious Fundraising Lessons On Pitching
~12 min read · · Non-obvious lessons about pitching learned from James Currier's many years of being a 4-time founder/CEO and an investor in over 100 companies. · Shared by 87, including Tamara Perez, Mark Kaigwa, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Thomas Billeter, Adrian🇨🇭, Michael Weibel
medium.com
F*CKWITS: How To Tell If An Investor Will Fund Your Startup
3 min read · · A checklist for triaging out timewasters, some thoughts for what to do when they fail to qualify, and a useful fundraising aphorism · Shared by 8, including Adrian🇨🇭
medium.com
The First Four Mistakes That Startup CEOs Make When Fundraising
5 min read · · The most common pitfalls I’ve seen among founders seeking investors for their companies, plus some advice on how to avoid them · Shared by 4, including Adrian🇨🇭
medium.com
Diligencing your investor — a checklist for founders
8 min read · · When you’re raising capital for your company, the diligence process shouldn’t be one-sided. · Shared by 9, including Esther Schindler, Adrian🇨🇭
reidhoffman.org
LinkedIn’s Series B Pitch to Greylock: Pitch Advice for Entrepreneurs
20+ min read · · At Greylock, my partners and I are driven by one guiding mission: always help entrepreneurs. It doesn’t matter whether an entrepreneur is in our portfolio, whether we’re considering an investment, or… · Shared by 22, including Jochen Burkhard, Jonathan Kogan, Adrian🇨🇭
NFX
The Fundraising Checklist: 13 Proof Points for Series A
8 min read · · A checklist of 13 proof points for startups to put themselves in the best possible position to fundraise for a Series A or later. · Shared by 59, including Lucas Foster, Quim, Marc G., Alexia Bonatsos, Adrian🇨🇭, ₵BZ, Damir Kusar, Chris Schultz ✌️, steve blank, hiten.eth
Forbes
Five Essential Pitch Tips According To A Legendary Investor Behind Lyft, Slack, And Airbnb
3 min read · · Scott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, talks to Carmine Gallo about pitch techniques, storytelling and communication skills. · Shared by 62, including Bernhard Huessy, Adrian🇨🇭, rudolph regter, Dominik Grolimund, Thomas Billeter, Jacob du Toit
alexanderjarvis.com
The fundraising documents you need to pitch venture capitalists
~16 min read · · The fundraising documents that you need when raising from venture capital investors. Key ones are pitch deck, financial model and forwardable email · Shared by 6, including Adrian🇨🇭
The StartUp
How to Build Your Investor Pipeline
4 min read · · As a founder, you should treat fundraising like you treat sales. And that means building a strong funnel and pipeline. Both funnels need… · Shared by 9, including Adrian🇨🇭
duarte.com
6 Powerful Pitch Deck Tips To Get Seed Funding
5 min read · · Learn how you can create a pitch deck that grabs the attention of busy investors and convinces them to help fund your great idea. · Shared by 4, including Adrian🇨🇭
