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
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?
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15. But being an entrepreneur who gets it, is not about saying the right things, just to have good meetings.
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”?
