Re: Tuck in your shirt

Frank_Peters — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:30:21 -0000

I wanna re-title this post: "Slobs Need Not Apply", like the signs that dotted the northeast a century ago to discourage the job-seeking Irish.

Maybe it's an east-west dichotomy, but I once complained that funding applicants over dress! That 3-piece black suit? Come on! I can tell with one look that you're a flip flops and shorts type! So don't present yourself as someone you aren't!

So attire can help you or hurt you, but what are the correlates to funding success?
Based on what I hear and read:

1. Be a serial entrepreneur. Investors love entrepreneurs who have done it before, even if they weren't successful the last time around. We hope that the lessons you've learned will give you a leg up this time.

2. Establish trust. But how best to accomplish this? And notice we've just gone from an objective criteria: are you, or are you not, a serial entrepreneur; now here we are dealing with the subjective issue of trust. Add in, the way I understand it, trust is established in as little as 15 seconds! How can you project yourself in a trustworthy manner? This is probably a worthy topic for a post of its own, but since we're dealing with attire: dress appropriately and, to make me happy, no black suits please!

Re: Videos are SO important. Here's why...and here's how.

Frank_Peters — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:06:40 -0000

David, I'm planning a breakout session on video pitches at the National Angel Summit in Halifax, Oct 15-17, 2008. Hope you can join us...

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