Investor Lens: What investors see - and won’t say out loud
Taisiya KudashkinaFrom gut calls to disciplined angel investing
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 48 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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The One Thing Almost Every Founder Gets Wrong on the Ask (Use of Funds) Slide
Hey. Let’s talk about a slide almost nobody understands.
It’s the one people call “The Ask” or “Use of Funds.”
Most founders look at it and think: “Okay, I need to say how much I’m raising and show where the money goes.” Then they do the...
The 9 Pitch Deck Mistakes That Make Investors Say No in 30 Seconds
Everyone Makes These Pitch Deck Mistakes. And You 100% Do Too.
I’ve lost count of how many pitch decks I’ve looked at over the years. Hundreds. Probably thousands if you count the ones people just “forwarded for a quick look.”
9 Ways to Reach an Investor, Ranked Worst to Best
I’m a 4x founder who raised money three times and now invest as an angel. Over the years I’ve seen thousands of outreach attempts - both as a founder and as an investor.
Cold emails, warm intros, content, events - what actually works in 20...
How Founders Lie About Traction (And How I Catch Them Every Time)
I’ve sat on both sides of the table - as a founder who raised money and now as an angel investor who reads dozens of decks every week.
And if there’s one thing I’ve become really good at, it’s spotting when founders are creatively stretchi...
What Every Founder Needs to Know About the Signal VCs Actually Trust
Hey, let’s be honest.
You’re a pre-seed founder and you don’t have much to show in your deck yet.
So you’re probably killing yourself trying to polish those traction numbers, fake some nice graphs, or stretch whatever early signals you ha...
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