How VCs Should Behave in Pitches: Put Founders at Ease
“Some VCs seem to forget that pitching may be stressful for founders.”
What this teaches
A seed VC lists concrete behaviors investors should adopt in pitch meetings, pitch yourself first, show vulnerability, don't check your phone, acknowledging how stressful pitching is for founders.
Why it matters
Useful to founders as a baseline for what good investor behavior looks like, and a counterpoint to the horror-story genre.
Key lessons
- A pitch is a two-way sale
- Investor conduct in the meeting predicts the relationship
This is an editorial summary. The full thread, and the credit, belongs to Pietro Invernizzi.
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