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Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694

Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694

FromThis Week in Startups


Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694

FromThis Week in Startups

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Length:
68 minutes
Released:
Mar 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Zach Coelius is BACK with Jason to take questions from founders and investors! They cover investing on Zoom post-COVID (6:07), diligence red flags (13:13), investor red flags (27:32), building relationships prior to fundraising (48:59), and more!
(0:00) Jason Kicks off the show
(1:21) Managing time as an angel
(6:07) Moving to zoom instead of the room
(9:50) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(10:54) Servicing new deals vs. existing ones
(13:13) Red flags to look for in a syndicate startup deal
(20:18) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, sign up for free at https://coda.io/twist
(21:47) Your options when there is no path to profitability
(27:32) Red flags when courting angel investors
(41:10) Contra - Get $500 off your first hire at https://contra.com/twist
(42:35) Assumptions that have evolved
(45:23) Recent learnings in the past few years
(48:59) Building genuine relationships with investors
(53:40) Difficulties in startups
(57:37) Negotiating terms on deals

FOLLOW Zach: https://twitter.com/zachcoelius
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Released:
Mar 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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