{"id":824,"date":"2020-08-30T07:16:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T07:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lakamsani.me\/?p=824"},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T15:57:07","slug":"how-startup-founders-are-adapting-new-ways-to-pitch-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/2020\/08\/30\/how-startup-founders-are-adapting-new-ways-to-pitch-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"How Startup Founders are adapting New ways to Pitch Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a startup founder? Want to know how some smart founders are pitching their startup to investors?<br \/>\n???? Read below interesting observation.<\/p>\n<p>I have been seeing new trends slowly but surely.<\/p>\n<p>if someone said a few years back that LinkedIn can be used as a platform reaching prospective investors one may doubt it.<br \/>\nBut since this pandemic started, I am observing the shift.<\/p>\n<p>Founders are inviting Investors to showcase their startup as a virtual Event.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like Linkedin is creating another Use Case as a platform to connect Founders to investors as well.<\/p>\n<p>a few weeks back I have conducted a poll with a specific intention to understand this behavior?<\/p>\n<p>In that poll, 25% of participants said LinkedIn is used as a platform to connect and pitch to Investors. This is a Surprising shift.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Poll result and also how Startup founders are inviting investors to participate in their virtual Pitch events.(Masked some content)<\/p>\n<p>if any single founder raises funding with this tip then my efforts are paid off.<\/p>\n<p>if you are a startup founder or you have a friend who is startup founder please comment for better reach. These findings may help someone.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing knowledge is also helping, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-826\" src=\"http:\/\/lakamsani.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Poll-Result-158x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Poll-Result-158x300.png 158w, https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Poll-Result-538x1024.png 538w, https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Poll-Result-480x914.png 480w, https:\/\/lakamsani.me\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Poll-Result.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=startups&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6705717332402065408\" data-attribute-index=\"0\">#startups<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=investors&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6705717332402065408\" data-attribute-index=\"1\">#investors<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=founder&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6705717332402065408\" data-attribute-index=\"2\">#Founder<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=founders&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6705717332402065408\" data-attribute-index=\"3\">#founders<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=startupfinance&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6705717332402065408\" data-attribute-index=\"4\">#startupfinance<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=fundraising&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6705717332402065408\" data-attribute-index=\"5\">#fundraising<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=funding&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6705717332402065408\" data-attribute-index=\"6\">#funding<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a startup founder? 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