Tag Archive for 'angel investors'  Tips for Pitching to
Investors  I attended the Funding Universe Live Pitch event here
in Portland yesterday, and I found the whole process
fascinating. There were 5 companies pitching, about 35 people in
the audience, and a panel made up of experts with expertise in
venture capital, angel investments, and more (including our
favorite Portland tech blogger Rick Turoczy). It was a very fast
paced format: 4 minutes to pitch, 3 minutes for Q&A, and 2
minutes for feedback from the panel.     • Get to the point
quickly. Granted these were 4 minute pitches, but you never
really know how long any meeting with an investor will actually
last. They may get pulled away for another reason, and if you
didn’t make your key points quickly and early, you may not get
to make them. In this case, a couple of these pitches were over
before the presenter really got to the meat of the presentation.
• Tell them what you do first. One of the companies started the
pitch with a very long story about