Climb the Vertical Learning Curve
Founders need to master a huge number of skills and topics all while scrambling to keep their business running.
Feel the Boot is here to walk with you along the difficult and rewarding path you have chosen.
97. Exposing the top reasons for angel investment pre-screen rejections
How demoralizing is spending hours on a pitch deck and associated materials only to get ghosted by the investor or receive an automated form rejection?
95. You’re delivering your pitch deck ask wrong 🤯 What you should say instead 😎
Most founders are doing their “ask” wrong and seriously damaging their chances of success.
92. The Economics of Angel Investing 💸 Angel Investing 101
If you're serious about angel investing, it's critical to understand the underlying economics.
90. Thirteen Key Considerations for Evaluating Angel Deals 💰 Angel Investing 101
In this article, I share the thirteen factors I consider when evaluating angel investment opportunities.
87. Get Angel Investor Dealflow 💸
Once you decide to start angel investing, your first challenge is finding strong dealflow. You need access to a large number of companies looking for funding that meet your general target criteria, because most won’t be worthy of your money.
84. How to start angel investing
Angel investing can seem intimidating at first. This article will teach you a low-risk way to get started and how to maximize your long-term results.
83. Angel Investing 101 💰
Many people are interested in Angel Investing, either in being an angel or getting money from them. However, they are often confused about precisely what it is and how it works.
66. 💵 Pre-revenue startup funding: valuations & venture capital
If you're thinking about raising funds for your startup, you might be asking what your company worth right now, the pre-money valuation? I'm going to pull back the curtain and explain to you how investors look at valuing your startup.
34. Iris Fujiura - Feel the Boot interview
Iris Fujiura, Chapter Lead of the Silicon Valley chapter of Golden Seeds, and an engineer/executive working on rockets and launch systems, provides great insight into angel investor priorities, and what makes for a successful funding pitch.