{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ScreamingBox Technology & Business Rundown ","title":"Start-up funding options and making a compelling funding pitch.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3718,"description":"Trying to get your business start-up funded? Is all you are hearing from investors is crickets? How can you get an Angel Investor to fund your start-up? What can you do to ensure that you can get the start-up capital you need to make your business come alive!\nIn this podcast, Dave Erickson, co-host Botond Seres are going to find the money by talking with DC Palter - founder of PitchingAngels.com\nDC is an angel investor, startup mentor, and a published author and novelist. He has invested directly in about 37 companies over 10 years, and 100 other invested companies as part of two angel investor groups: Tech Coast Angels and Chemical Angel Network.  \nHe started his career as an energy engineer; and energy sustainability remains his passion, even though most of his working career and 2 successful businesses he built were actually in the computer networking industry. \nIn this Podcast, we are going to discuss Angel Funding and how you can make a fundable business model and a winning funding presentation. \nWe will also discuss what are the different types of funding options, what investors are looking for when investing in a company, and what are the best investment terms for various investment deals.\nSummary Timeline:00:04 - Angel funding and creating a fundable business model.02:07 - Entrepreneurship, funding, and career path.05:17 - Government grants for sustainable energy startups. 10:30 - Startup pitches and business models.14:13 - Startup funding and investment strategies.19:22 - Venture capital, business growth, and investment strategies.24:50 - Angel investors and industry insiders in startup funding.27:79 - Investing in startups and evaluating business pitches.33:00 - Building and protecting businesses with intellectual property.36:15 - Patents, IP, and funding pitches.42:58 - Investing in startups with a focus on chemistry and materials. 48:15 - Startup investment terms and valuation.51:39 - Startup funding and investing in Silicon Valley.54:02 - The future...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3RjOQTUXPu0Lnu9FPwrSV1Vsz_WGy8YOqjZUp2iKUC0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIwODU1LzE2MjAy/ODc4NTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}