Investor Dream Team

@hekovnik / @filipdobranic

Startup-investor fit

The top of the pyramid

one to two hundred top players in every fieldyour understanding should expand beyond VCs

competitorspotential partnerspredecessors“riders of the apocalypse”

A constant process

a lesson from basketballloop:

researchdiscovertrack

investorsindustry

introduce

The pitch

hi, we’re team ABCwe think you’d be perfect for us because

pastpresentfuture

companies are people too!

Investor stop list

some VCs are a waste of timenot interested in your industryinvested in competitors

Twitter

not for naggingthere’s more to being a VC than investments

historybloginterests

Google alertshttps://www.google.com/alerts

Crunchbasehttp://www.crunchbase.com/person/dave-mcclure

AngelListhttp://angel.co

AngelList basics

start privatequality photosbe smart about headlinesdescribe personal passions and competenceshighlight skills, awards, and presspimp the team, including advisors

AngelList daily

couple of minutes a daypersonal messages matterfollow, follow, followpublic postage?

AngelList social proof

there can be only one referrerone-sentence pitchkeep your profile up to date!private isn’t really privatego public once your round is 40%-60% subscribed

AngelList social proof

“requiring an intro”leaving a commenttractionoffline investorsnudging

AngelList openers

industry is boringshared intereststhe gift of giving insightsask for money and get advice, ask for advice and get money (twice)