Instigator Blog provides five simple and powerful tips for making the most out of pitching to investors for a startup. These tips also apply to seasoned businesses looking to raise working capital.
Here are his five tips with my notes.

Tell your story quick: Quick or not — the key here is to tell a story. [...]

This story from Crain’s Detroit Business shows how companies find other ways to succeed during difficult times. If your company provides a service and the economy forces a rate cut, what do you do? Reliance One doubled its sales in 2007 and expects to up them by 56 percent this year.
Though the company cut its [...]

Margaret Heffernan’s How She Does It shows that successful women entrepreneurs have one thing in common: money isn’t the main driver for running their business. Many do it for the passion. However, this doesn’t mean they shun spreadsheets and ignore the numbers. They do the opposite — women owners know their numbers as well as [...]