Mittal: Skip the cold pitch deck; send a four-sentence email instead
Alok Mittal · 100x Entrepreneur | Episode 11 | Alok Mittal, Founder Indifi & Angel Investor · Aug 19, 2019 · at 31:14
Angel investor and Indifi founder Alok Mittal explains his screening criteria for founders pitching him over email.
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“Normally you know, I don't tend to go over the full pitch deck if one is attached with a mail or something. So, you know, a quick description of what are they doing? You know, why are they doing what they're doing? You know, literally four sentences, if you will. So that elevator pitch is important, ah, for me to make my first level decision of whether I want to spend more time on this or not.”
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