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Waiting at the airport to fly to London before I fly to Dubai tomorrow for Expand North Star. Couple of nice coffee meetings this morning. Have to finish an article this afternoon. This evening I'm going to the BIll Murray comedy club to see how the pros do it. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

Again and again and again, if you are B2B and mission-driven to help a human end-user, you need to lead with why the business buying your product will care. That's not the human it supports at the end. This is one of the most common deck and pitch problems. I see it all the time. It is great that you care. I care. But you only get to fulfil your mission if the business buying your product cares. Why do they? Make me believe it. That's your pitch. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

Why do warm intros matter? People are busy. They have to make decisions on which meetings to take on very little info. Cold means it is less likely to be useful. Warm with no context means they can't have enough confidence to be sure it's useful. Warm with tight context is best. Context so they can figure out if they should. Tight because they can make a quick decision. Make their life easy. They still might not take it but you've given it your best shot. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

Founders, do you consider yourself entrepreneurs? Do you see any difference between the skills you need to be a founder and an entrepreneur? I'd love your feedback. I'm writing an article on entrepreneurship and all the distinctions I can see seem like different categorisations of the same underlying skills. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment so more people can help me understand the difference. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

Founders, here's the best way to find angel investors: Find people that are sector experts. They should much more easily understand you are solving a real problem people will pay for. That makes it easier to get in front of them and for them to invest. Anyone else, you have to convince them it's a real problem from scratch. If you can't get in front of sector experts or convert them, either your messaging is wrong or you're not solving a real problem. Edit: bonus reasons in the comments. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

Founders, you have very little time to get an investor's attention. Some professional investors see thousands of pitch decks. If the answers to the key questions are on slide 8, they may never get there. They need to 'get it' at a high level by the second or third slide. Or you may have lost your chance. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

We are proud to announce that Ctrl Alt won the Best Crypto, Blockchain and Digital Asset Offering Award at the Fintech Awards 2024. It is great to be recognised for all the hard work that has been going on in the background in what has been a very exciting year for us and the industry as a whole! Here's to the amazing team at Ctrl Alt! The first of many awards to come! Matt Ong Jordan McMullen Matt Acheson Jack Spargo Lucia Cook Samuel Allister Robert Farquhar James Gates Aynsley Longridge Temi O. Brandon Kelly Chris Blakely Walter Bester Jack Denton Special thanks to: Fintech Summit & Awards Business Post Enterprise Ireland MiddleGame Ventures

Get Sh*t Done. This is the best career advice. People notice. It's also great for learning how to do stuff you've never done before, a crazy important founder skill. Thanks to Chris Donnelly's newsletter for the reminder, link in the comments. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

GST is the proposed Guernsey version of VAT. I'm tired of it being the sole topic of conversation ahead of our election next year. Here's how you can get my vote - first principles thinking. In this month's Business Brief. Thank you again Amanda (Mandy) Eulenkamp for including me. ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.

My first time ever in Dubai. I will be there for Expand North Star from the 12th to the 16th. Who should I meet? Let me know in the comments, please 🙏 ------------------- Please ❤️ Like, ♻️ Share and 💬 Comment to spread the word. ➕ Follow me, Marc Cohen, for deep yet concise insights into venture investing, startups, fundraising and AI.