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    1. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      5) So how should you prioritize your time? What I’ve found works best is to focus on momentum. You may not know in the first conversation if somebody is actually warm. There are a lot of people who fake excitement.

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    2. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      6) Momentum is seeing progress in going from one step to the next in an investor’s process. For angel investors, that could mean seeing progress going from mtg #1 to mtg #2 to commit. For VCs it could mean mtg #1 then to #2 w the seed team and then to the all partner mtg.

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    3. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      7) This is why it is so important to understand each investor’s process, because everyone has a different process. And it is hard to know if you are seeing momentum if you don’t know what the process is.

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    4. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      8) If you are stuck in the same step over and over in an investor’s process, that is a bad sign. Eg you meet w an investor 5 times and no one else at the firm when the process requires mtg others. Etc.

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    5. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      9) If you see that fast momentum - whether it is with the firm or an individual - you should be able to at least get a verbal commit quite quickly. This applies to both big checks & small checks. You should be able to get to this within 1-2 months for most firms & individuals.

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    6. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      10) So when people say that it takes 6 months to fundraise, for the right fit, they are not actually talking about getting taking 6 mo to get a verbal. You should be able to get the verbal quickly. Due diligence and legal often takes a long time and is what adds the time.

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    7. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      11) If it is taking that long to get a commit, it means that you are talking to the wrong people & you need to spend more time finding new leads that are warm. In my experience, it is a lot easier to find excited new leads than it is to convince cold leads to become warm.

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    8. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      12) Fundraising is not about convincing ppl to invest. It is about triaging investors quickly. Ppl are too afraid to triage leads out of their fundraising process because there always feels like a glimmer of hope that those investors could be convinced.

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    9. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      13) Once you’ve identified that an investor is actually a cold lead, the best thing to do is to *NOT spend more time with him/her* and move on. Keep the person on your email list w updates. Maybe you can circle back at the end to see if they are warmer and can be FOMOed in.

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    10. Elizabeth Yin‏ @dunkhippo33 5 Nov 2019

      14) When in doubt, spend more time trying to find new leads - that is usually what ppl don’t do enough of when fundraising.

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      Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 5 Nov 2019
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        1. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 5 Nov 2019
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          Hi there is your unroll: Thread by @dunkhippo33: "1) When I was running my last company, I thought the right approach to convincing an investor to invest in my company wa […]" https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1191797022841430016.html … Have a good day. 🤖

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