More Fundraising Secrets with Sal Daher, CFA

Angel Invest Boston

More secrets for founders raising money. Angel investor Sal Daher has suggestions to make your raise less painful.

Highlights include:

• Sal’s Intro – New Fundraising Secret at the End
• Sal Daher’s Opening Statement on Funding for Startups
• Angels vs. VCs
• Walnut Ventures & MIT Angels
• Angel Groups in Boston
• Super Angel Joe Caruso and His Pet Peeve about Pitch Decks
• “…if you got it flaunt it.”
• “What I look for, my goal is a platform technology. Technology that's widely applicable and can be developed for peanuts.”
• The Most Compelling Pitch Sal Daher Ever Heard
• “…there's a danger that if you're raising, you're not building your company…”
• “Get a co- The most robust result in the study of entrepreneurship is that more co-founders, better.”
• “The biggest reason why startups fail, people give up.”
• “With a VC, it's if you happen to fit the template, they need you. They need you so bad…”
• “People are wired to listen to narratives. They're not wired to listen to strategic presentations, unless you're born to McKinsey consultants.”
• “Do not have busy graphics.”
• The Importance of Commitment
• “An extremely important quality is to be a coachable person, to be a person who learns, okay?”
• Stephen Hawking vs. Wily Loman
• “Perish the thought of having co-CEOs, all right?”
• “The way to get into Techstars is not to apply on the website.”
• “Let me get on my tirade against cold calling. Don't cold call, okay? It is just a waste of time for everybody…”
• “Do you think you're going to send a mass email and get friends? You're going to have a very sad social life if that's your approach.”
• “This is a really important point. Other founders could be a tremendous resource, because you can cry on their shoulders, okay?”
• One Last Fundraising Secret