Walking around TechCrunch50 today I saw quite a few pitches. I think I can simplify what makes the pitches bad down to this (incorrect) theory:
Investors are drunk party girls at closing time at the bar.
Bad pitches usually come from thinking this.
So:
If you want to get busy with an investor between the term sheets:
Don’t pretend you [...]
I didn’t set any goals last year, and I achieved every one of them.
I didn’t achieve any I didn’t set as well.
2007 was a huge year for me. The beginning of the year had me finish up a contract with Confluence Commons, work on Endoze Design a bit more and finally fold [...]
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