We had some great investors speak on vc roundtables @SmartMoney Silicon Valley. Here is the first one ‘Silicon Valley Venture Trends Roundtable’ which featured Cathy Lego, Lego Ventures; Eurie Kim, Principal Forerunner Ventures; Gamiel Gran, Partner Sierra Ventures; Saad Khan, Partner CMEA IT; Sarah Cone, Associate Illuminate Ventures; Christine Tsai, Partner 500Startups with moderator Christina Farr, Venturebeat.
Victoria Cross
Attracting Angel Investors &/or Venture Capital #foundingmomsf
Last week I gave a talk to the Founding Moms’ Exchange in San Francisco about raising investment for female entrepreneurs. It was a great crowd of mompreneurs & we had a fabulous conversation about the issues.
Importance of the Startup Pitch
Its been my experience, since my first startup 7 years ago that the pitch & deck are crucial for every entrepreneur. Even if you are not raising money & running lean, you always need a good pitch & deck to find partners & customers. There is no escaping it. However I have sat through many pitches over the years and most Fail. These entrepreneurs may have wonderful startup ideas or business models however their pitches let them down. My former business in Dublin, Ireland put me on the other side of the cameras as an expert on TV & radio. I saw first hand that if you don’t engage your audience, you Fail!