Workshop: How to Present to Investors

Scott DePasquale of Braemar Energy Ventures, Peter Dorsey of the Business Development Company, and Cynthia Reed of LTR Holdings shared their insights on what investors want to learn from a first meeting with entrepreneurs seeking funding. The most important thing that entrepreneurs should do, they said, is establish their credibility in order to be invited back to a second meeting so that both parties can delve deeper into the business proposal. Since investors invest to make money, entrepreneurs need to fully explain the problem they're solving, how big the problem is, and how they will make money and when. See more about business plans.