Fundraising in Silicon Valley? Start with tweetstorm advice from Danielle Morrill

Fundraising in Silicon Valley? Start with tweetstorm advice from Danielle Morrill -

If you are wanting to meet investors in Silicon Valley and seal the deal for your start this year, Danielle Morrill some helpful tips for you.

The franc CEO Mattermark took to Twitter last night to share the founders of advice might find it useful to approach VCs.

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In several tweets, including a bunch of good other founders and investors, Morrill offered advice on punctuality, track your progress fundraising, dressing for meetings and where to get a bite in the offices of major VCs.

I compiled all tweetstorm for easier reading at this link. Here are my favorites:

7) if you want a term sheet signed by the end of October start asking meetings now

- Danielle Morrill (@ DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

13) morning breakfasts to obscure locations are real get know yourself the

signal

- Danielle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

14) unless you are the second coming of Zuck, pitch is absolutely necessary. It is 100x more difficult to raise A than seed

- Danielle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

15) Ladies and jump heels. Many investors like to do meetings, no need to suffer from walking.

- Danielle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

20) you must know your numbers so deeply and your market so deeply that you can recite them if the slides do not work without looking

- Danielle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

25), you need a CRM or at least spreadsheet to keep track of your VC relationships. names of children, leisure businesses they are proud of

- Danielle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

27) sandwiches at Sharon Heights deli are killer

- Danielle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

34) at the end of the day, go home to your support network and share your thorns and roses (learned this from @ chrisfhoward 3 boys)

- Danielle Morrill (@DanielleMorrill) August 23, 2015

➤ Danielle Morrill [Twitter]

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