The Three Most Common Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Emailing Venture Capitalists

<p>One of the things nobody warns entrepreneurs about when they start fundraising for their startups is how many hours they&rsquo;ll spend writing emails introducing themselves to venture capitalists. To give a rough estimate, I spent 15 years fundraising for venture-backed tech companies and, during that time, met hundreds of investors. Most of those meetings were with investors I didn&rsquo;t personally know and were arranged via &mdash; you guessed it &mdash; email. The same will be true for most founders looking for investors. At some point, if you want to successfully raise capital, you&rsquo;re going to have to email people and convince them to meet with you. Do you know how to get a positive response?</p> <p>By the way, in case you&rsquo;ve already been emailing lots of investors and getting responses, the key distinction here is a **positive** response. In general, investors are good at responding to random entrepreneur emails. After all, talking with entrepreneurs is a critical and necessary part of their jobs because, if they ignore entrepreneurs, they don&rsquo;t have deal flow and don&rsquo;t have companies to invest in. In other words, getting a response from an investor isn&rsquo;t the same as getting a&nbsp;<em>positive</em>&nbsp;response. Investors know how to respond to entrepreneurs in ways that are polite but not necessarily an indication of their willingness to invest.</p> <p><a href="https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/the-three-most-common-mistakes-entrepreneurs-make-when-emailing-venture-capitalists-5cb19281d1f5"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>