“Last week, I attended a Pitch Clinic run by the Seattle Foundation. About a dozen founders pitched their startups to a panel of 3 VCs, , who offered friendly feedback. It was an open clinic with another 20 startup people listening, learning, and occasionally offering feedback. A great… Read More »Pitching a startup
Every week I get to see a few deals come through from startup founders. Some of these I find organically during my traversals; several of these are referred to me. Being a small firm, I have limited luxury to explore all companies and all founders… Read More »Assess a startup with simple yet powerful steps
As an investor and advisor to several startups in the past five years, I found differing degrees of communication. An angel investor takes a big risk in the founders of startups and bulk of the risk is based on the trust placed on the founders.… Read More »Wow your Investors with Powerful Periodic Updates
In any venture, getting started is exciting and also one of the hardest phase. I set a goal to be mindful of keeping things simple. The ventures thing was happening gradually and slowly. Now in December 2020, when I look back I realize that I… Read More »Getting Started