3 posts published by dcpalter during September 2025| Pitching Angels
A breakdown of the factors to determine how much equity to pay your startup's advisors.| Pitching Angels
The economics of angel investing are the same as for VCs. If your startup doesn’t fit the VC ideal, angels aren’t the answer.| Pitching Angels
7 sources of funding to build your startup that don’t require venture capital's impossible promises of exponential growth and billion dollar exits| Pitching Angels
Please reconsider your plans to fund your business with venture capital. For startups that aren’t moonshots, venture capital is a one-way ticket to failure. Other ways of funding a business have a much higher chance of success.| Pitching Angels
Should you send your pitchdeck to investors as a PDF or a link? This seemingly minor detail can make or break your raise.| Pitching Angels
Plenty of people will offer to help raise funds through the network for a cut of the deal. Unfortunately, SEC regulations make that illegal without a broker's license.| Pitching Angels
If you’re setting up a startup and looking for investors, make sure it’s a C-corp. LLCs are non-starters for investors. Here’s why.| Pitching Angels
Are you being pushed to raise a fresh round by your VC investors? Perhaps that’s for their own benefit rather than yours.| Pitching Angels
These 5 things separate the 2% of the startups my angel groups invest in from the 98% we pass.| Pitching Angels
There’s nothing as romantic as a wedding. There’s also nothing that turns off potential investors as fast as a wedded couple. Here’s why, and how to attract investors anyway if you’re a…| Pitching Angels
What do you need in your investor dataroom? Here’s a handy list.| Pitching Angels