Why VCs and Angel Investors Say 'No' to entrepreneurs | Alicia Syrett | TEDxFultonStreet

Early-stage investors often receive more than 100 pitches per month, which means they need to say "no" to over 99%. Alicia Syrett, CEO of Pantegrion Capital, frequent on-air personality on MSNBC and CNBC, shares the most common blunders that get startups rejected. Founder/CEO of Pantegrion Capital and The Point 25 Initiative. CNBC Power Pitch and MSNBC Your Business Regular. Contributor for Inc. Instructor at Columbia University. Board of the NY Tech Alliance.

[jonathanhuang]

For all fellow entrepreneurs:
The best revenge is massive success.

[MatthewAGilbert]

1. Rookie Mistakes (1:57)
2. Character Matters (3:15)
3. Fit Matters (4:44)
4. Business Basics (6:05)
5. Investors Make Mistakes Too (7:24)

[WillieRoy-jjzz]

I traded well on my Demo account but when I invested in to my main account i lost all my funds. Please i need an expert to assist me with my trading. It's frustrating how people loss funds in this trading, I really feel so bad.

[aakashdask]

Honestly I saw the whole thing on 1.25x. Super normal

[sawaria]

Most of the successful business got rejected by VCs. They're too much over estimated

[okthennone]

I started a business last week. I spent $75 to get it going. I had a hat and polo shirt embroidery with company info, printed business cards at home and made a display to hold the product I was selling. I wanted to see if people would buy my product in a different way than going to the store for it. I went business to business and made $150 profit the first three hours. The next day I spent 5.5 hours and made $300 profit with $500 in total sells. The next day was nearly the same. Within 3 days I spent 15 hours total and made $750 profit. My problem now is scaling the business and getting enough product to continue. Once this happens I will place ads and recruit people in other cities to mirror me. I have been contacting private label companies this week as my current one can't handle the amount I plan to sell. People make it so hard to start a business. I had an idea, tried it, and within 24 hours I had results. I told no one and just did it without thinking. Just go!

[siuealangi]

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[MikeD-hnhf]

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[ronn]

This video was just raw pure brilliance. Thank you for your wisdom.

[tywincannister]

Such a nice speaker, articulate and informative. Thank-you!

[aemericenglish]

99% why not funded
1. Make rookie mistake
- dont know who investor
- blasting cold email

2. Character mistake
- overconfident without searching
- where money going

3. Fit matter
- dont focus based on money only

talk about interesting think, like who join, progression etc

4. Business basic
- not traditional business
- not easy to copy

5. Investor makes mistake too

[learnthenew]

Thanks for providing such tips and what we are doing wrong before going to investors.

[JulieGordonWhite]

Thank you for this REAL TALK!! Much appreciated!!

[Codenamecobra]

I'm listening to this after getting rejected 83 times. I did them em all. Sounds good, but doesn't work in reality because they'd say no and we're still bootstrapping and we'll make it big.

[grnppj]

That old man in the front row is probably gonna say no.

[Clarenceshqip]

Great Advices Thanks Lot, you are awesome and great education background thanks lot .

[williamstanley]

It is best to sweat equatize a simple service business, and leverage that into bigger enterprises. Let your first business be designed primarily to be the angel investor in all future projects. Very simple, and completely risk free.

[angore]

There are a few reasons why investors say no to most of the pitches.
1. They want to minimize the risk and so they are very cautious about investing their money to only a select few where they are confident about making reasonable returns. Sounds reasonable..
2. Contrary to popular belief they usually do not invest in a new idea or concept as they see it as a bigger risk. This is unfortunate..
3. Investors do not invest in individuals, doesnt matter how good you are, they want to see a team. Understandable..
4. And most importantly again contrary to popular belief Investors typically misread the market and demand, thats why a vast majority of their investments are doomed, only a few bear any fruit. This is the bitter truth, and investors know it and thats the reason they play safe..

So if you have a credible team (here credibility...meaning atleast few r from ivy league schools or from the elite class having worked in companies like FB, Apple, Google and likewise), you are very likely to get investors for your shittiest ideas compared to a guy who really has a great idea but lacks the credibility (as per investors' definition).

[PunitChawla]

I have a pitch in 2 days. This is really helpful :)

[_eaturveggies]

Absolutely wonderful and very insightful