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16 Things That Indicate You're An Entrepreneur Who Gets It
- 1. 16 Things That Indicate You’re An Entrepreneur Who “Gets It”
- 2. Many founders want to know, “How do you meet investors?”
- 3. Generally speaking, here are 7 steps: Be at an event, or get introduced Give your 1-2 minute pitch Trade business cards Ask for a coffee meeting Run through your 20 minute slide deck Make it through a 45 minute ass-kicking interrogation & unsolicited advice Send a follow up email
- 4. That’s it. …simple, right?
- 5. Here’s something to think about: What is really happening during that series of interactions?
- 6. In other words, in 7 steps and 60 minutes or less, what criteria are you being evaluated you on?
- 7. It can be summed up as, “things that indicate you get it”.
- 8. Here are 16 things you may be asked or evaluated on (even if not directly asked!), meant to extract information to confirm whether or not, you “get it”.
- 9. 16 Things Across 4 Categories Intangibles: biz savvy, ego, appearance Traction: scorecard of accomplishments Execution: the ability to “get shit done” Concept Viability: can this make money?
- 15. But being an entrepreneur who gets it, is not about saying the right things, just to have good meetings.
- 16. It’s about running a great startup.
- 17. Because investors see so many startups on a constant basis, meeting with them is an easy way to gauge how your startup is doing.
- 18. Portland needs great startups, run by willing and able founders like you. Being an entrepreneur is already difficult, but when you step up your game, it actually gets a little easier.
- 19. Now that you know the 16 things... Are you an entrepreneur “who gets it”?