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Tips for Startups

How to Pitch to Investors

4 things to avoid to greatly increase your chances of getting that check

Adebayo Ijidakinro
The Startup
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6 min readNov 12, 2020

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Every founder is concerned about pitching to investors. Why? Because it means money. And anything having to do with money attracts our more than casual attention.

Getting funded is a major milestone for any startup. It can give you the tools that you need to make it to the next level.

This is why we don’t want to botch our pitch.

How can you make sure when you get your opportunity to pitch to an investor, you don’t screw it up and embarrass yourself? Well here’s 4 things to avoid when pitching to investors…

#All quotes are taken from What Every Angel Investor Wants You To Know by Brian Cohen and John Kador. If you haven’t read this book, do it.

#1 — Using the words “unique and revolutionary”

What Every Angel Investor Wants You To Know

I know nothing is…

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Adebayo Ijidakinro
Adebayo Ijidakinro

Written by Adebayo Ijidakinro

I’m a 10+ year iOS Developer whose worked with 6 startups. This past year I released 6 iOS and web apps. Follow me and learn how to make your Startup a success.

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