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Re: Angel Investment Presentations

Derek Johnson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:42:42 -0000

Great advice, thanks for contributing to this blog post!

Re: Angel Investment Presentations

Ryan Rotz — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:07:13 -0000

Thanks Derek and Eric for the great info and David Rose (commenter) for the link to the video (I took notes).

The "Get Connected" part was very helpful. If you want your company and presentation to stand out, you need as many slight edges as you can get. Definitely a Money-Maker Tip.

I appreciate the overview of how the Process works as well. That was a big time saver.

Fyi, because my venture (the one that would need future funding) is still in it's very beginning stages, I think the pitch clinic might not be the best use of time and resources. In the future though, I'll definitely look into it.

And if anyone was wondering, I was the "young entrepreneur" who asked the (broad) question.

Re: Angel Investment Presentations

Derek Johnson — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:26:02 -0000

I did my first Angel presentation at the beginning of 2008, and we raised our entire round from that presentation. This current round which we are raising, I've done maybe 10+ angel presentations, and we doing very well in regards to filling the round, especially with the current economic state.

Re: Angel Investment Presentations

lakefan — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:39:11 -0000

Thanks. How many presentations have you made this year? What's your batting average Mr. CEO?

Re: Angel Investment Presentations

Derek Johnson — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:35:28 -0000

Thanks again Eric for helping out with this post, greatly appreciated!

Re: Angel Investment Presentations

Eric Pratum — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:27:48 -0000

Thanks again for the chance to post with you, Derek. Something tells me that you could start charging for your own pitch clinics... Now that I think about, how about a joint venture? ;-)

Reposted over at my site in case anyone's interested in reading this again. :-D

Re: Angel Investment Presentations

Derek Johnson — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:06:20 -0000

Thanks David for posting that link to your TED presentation, very useful! I have seen more groups require training before pitching, very good idea in most cases. Keep in touch and thanks again for the comment!

Re: Angel Investment Presentations

davidsrose — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:32:54 -0000

Derek, Excellent points! At New York Angels, we now insist on mandatory presentation training before any entrepreneur is allowed to pitch to our group. I did a version of that training for the TED conference a few years ago, which they filmed and have recently posted on their web site. It is an excellent way to learn all about pitching angels and VCs in 14 fast minutes [grin].

http://www.ted.com/index.ph...

Also, not only is Angelsoft the platform used by just about all of the world's angel investment groups to process their funding applications, but it also hosts a free Group Finder which will point you to the angel groups closest to you, and let you fill out a 'Common App' which can then be sent to whichever groups you want.

http://www.angelsoft.net

Thanks for your useful advice. The better everyone understands the process, the better for both entrepreneurs AND investors!