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Nailing the Pitch: What Investors wish Founders knew

Minda Brusse
Presenter: Minda Brusse, founding partner, First Row Partners
Topics: Fundamentals for Startups, Pitching/Storytelling, Training
Posted: 01/10/2025

Description

As a 25-year veteran of the startup ecosystem, investor Minda Brusse knows that capital is a key lever in enabling innovation. She joins a group of her MBA students from UW’s Foster School of Business—who have been tasked with investing a slice of UW’s endowment to early-stage startups in Seattle—to talk about the issues that startups run into when they’re pitching to investors, whether it’s storytelling, relationships, or misunderstanding the market, and tips for avoiding them.

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