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Pitching to an angel tomorrow. Any last minute tips

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Re: Pitching to an angel tomorrow. Any last minute tips

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Don't "give away" everything of your company. Remember these people you are pitching to will want to sell it on for a quick buck. They're not your friends or colleagues, and they absolutely will have knee jerk reactions at the first sign of problems to protect their investment. I'm sure not all investors are like this, but unfortunately you need to know what the bottom line is. I hope it goes well for you!

Thanks for this caution, will keep this in my head.

Re: Pitching to an angel tomorrow. Any last minute tips

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post #6

You must listen to this before your pitch, if you haven't all ready :) http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/533/i... Longtime This American Life producer Alex Blumberg decided, a while back, to try and start his own business. He also decided to record the whole process, including investor meetings that go off the rails, and other tense and awkward moments that business reporters usually don’t get ac…

On the train now, will try and listen to this! this looks pretty awesome to listen to!

Re: Pitching to an angel tomorrow. Any last minute tips

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I know I'm a bit late, but here's one competitor I know of in your space: http://www.memoryloungeapp.com/

As of this past summer, they had very few users. Their CEO was pretty determined to get a seed round in sometime this Fall/Winter, but who knows how they're doing now.

Hope your pitch went well! Cheers!

Re: Pitching to an angel tomorrow. Any last minute tips

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I know I'm a bit late, but here's one competitor I know of in your space: http://www.memoryloungeapp.com/ As of this past summer, they had very few users. Their CEO was pretty determined to get a seed round in sometime this Fall/Winter, but who knows how they're doing now. Hope your pitch went well! Cheers!

Hey thanks a lot for this, will check them out. Pitch went great!

Re: Pitching to an angel tomorrow. Any last minute tips

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post #6

You must listen to this before your pitch, if you haven't all ready :) http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/533/i... Longtime This American Life producer Alex Blumberg decided, a while back, to try and start his own business. He also decided to record the whole process, including investor meetings that go off the rails, and other tense and awkward moments that business reporters usually don’t get ac…

Listened to this 3x today, this is an amazing insight an helped me with my pitch today. We got an offer: ]

Re: Pitching to an angel tomorrow. Any last minute tips

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post #6

You must listen to this before your pitch, if you haven't all ready :) http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/533/i... Longtime This American Life producer Alex Blumberg decided, a while back, to try and start his own business. He also decided to record the whole process, including investor meetings that go off the rails, and other tense and awkward moments that business reporters usually don’t get ac…

Listened to this 3x today, this is an amazing insight an helped me with my pitch today. We got an offer: ]

Congrats. Great work
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