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Start-Ups Get Free Chance to Pitch to Angel Investors

Post by jcalacanis » Wed, Jun 16, 2010, 10:46 PM UTC

some great press... most of the companies from Open Angle Forum seem to be getting funded. I think over 25-50% that present will get funded within six months of presenting. really great to hear all the success stories.

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Re: Start-Ups Get Free Chance to Pitch to Angel Investors

Post by qq66 » Thu, Jun 17, 2010, 4:34 AM UTC

We pitched EditRing at the Open Angel Forum and it was a great event for everyone. We made 3 good connections, one of whom introduced us to several key people and one who got pretty far in due diligence talks with us.

I do think it could have helped to have a little more coaching before the event (the valuation we asked for was too high, which scared off some investors -- they didn't actually approach us and say the valuation was too high, they just shied away, which is probably because of the awkwardness of being pushy on price).

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