The best way to validate your startup idea is through actual customer acquisition.
It often may prove an extremely hard thing to do given the fact that your brand and company are still relatively unknown on the market. In that case, the ingenuity of the founders should come to play.
There are many things that could be done to execute your first sales. We listed here some tips that could help you with acquiring your first customers.
Startup founders looking to fund their startups pitched at StartupBrite online event on August 23rd. Investor panel includes investors from Tech Coast Angels, VentureSHOT, etc.
We are creating an opportunity for startup founders to meet active investors interested in startup companies, looking for funds.
Our investors actively look for startups that are at different stages – from very early (idea) level startups to companies that have already managed to generate revenue and are looking to expand and getting to the next level.
What is an angel investor? Angel investors are high net worth individuals who invest the capital they have at their disposal into small startups or entrepreneurs in exchange for equity. They are also known as private investors, seed investors, or angel funders. Angel investors could be found among an entrepreneur’s Read more…
Often first-time entrepreneurs lack the knowledge of what is needed for effective outreach. The mistakes that those first-timers make are usually related to their investor documents like pitch decks and executive summaries.
A pitch presentation can be categorized by several attributes like focus , length, timing etc. There are many categorizations that were born out of the fact that founders often present their idea in front of different audiences and for a different amount of time.
First-time founders often commit serious errors in their company management efforts blinded by their focus on the product/service itself. Too many times they bury themselves in irrelevant for their stage activities and that often untimely leads to the death of the company. In this post, we will try to give an overview of the most common mistakes that startup founders make.
Tech Coast Angels (TCA) is one of the most successful angel groups in the country and has been supporting innovative companies since 1997.
Expert Dojo is one of our partners and investors we work with. We think it makes sense to have a quick introduction of Expert Dojo to help our startups with a compiled information about this great accelerator in Santa Monica.
Do I need a pitch deck?
Two versions of a deck? What are those?
Executive summary?
What does an executive summary contain?
If I have one, why do I need the other?
What is the main difference between a deck and a summary?