This presentation explains how to find investors for your startup or existing business. Outlines the various types of investors including Angel Investors, Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Banks.

1. How to Find Investors For Your
Startup or Existing Business
by
www.goBIGnetwork.com

2. Key Items
• Find the Proper Type of Investor
• Create a Compelling Pitch
• Avoid Common Mistakes
• The 10/20/30 Rule

3. The Proper Type of Investor
• Angel Investor: Invest $25K to $500K. Invest in early stage startups as
well as existing businesses.
• Commercial/Retail Bank: Risk averse. Prefer traditional & safer ventures
such as dental/medical/law practices. Offer SBA loans.
• Private Equity: Often provide secondary funding to existing businesses.
Traditionally focus on mid-sized companies. Less demanding than VCs.
• Venture Capitalist: Seek high-growth, high-potential companies. Invest
$500K and up. Demand greater control & return on investment.

4. Create a Compelling Pitch
• Make It Current: Describe how your product/service fits into today’s
environment and why it’s relevant.
• Make It Interesting: A long boring fact/date filled pitch will put investors to
sleep. Keep them attentive and awake by making your pitch have some
personality to it.
• Demonstrate Value: Offer 3 key points on why you’re better than your
competition.
• Keep It Soft: On first approach, tell them you just want to bounce the idea
off them, rather than directly ask them for money on the first encounter.

5. Avoid Common Mistakes
• Avoid Jargon: Investors might not be familiar with your industry &
technical language, and it won’t impress them. Speak in simple terms.
• No Ego: Act too overconfident and you’ll end up looking like a fool.
Investors are the ones with the cash, and you’re at their mercy.
• KISS: Keep it simple, stupid. Avoid getting into too much detail.
• Competition Exists: Never say you have no competition. Everyone,
including Google, has competition. It makes you sound naïve.
• The 1% Mistake: Never say “All we have to do is get 1% of X and we’ll
make X money.” Instead, focus on how you’ll get any % at all.

6. The 10/20/30 Rule
• 10 Slides Maximum
• 20 Minutes Maximum Presentation
• 30 Points Minimum Font Size
• Do NOT Read Your Slides Verbatim

7. Get Funded!
• To broadcast your idea or pitch to tens of
thousands of investors, check out Go BIG Network;
the world’s largest community of company investors.
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