Comments on: Show Don’t Tell – Especially In Video Pitches

By: How to Reach Out To Investors EffectivelyVentureStab | VentureStab

How to Reach Out To Investors EffectivelyVentureStab | VentureStab — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 14:39:38 +0000

[...] Feld agrees. In Show, Don’t Tell – Especially in Video Pitches, he says that “Every day I get emails from folks either raising money or telling me about their [...]

By: Video Pitching to Investors | Angel Investor - Bill Payne & Associates

Video Pitching to Investors | Angel Investor - Bill Payne & Associates — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:05:20 +0000

[...] pay attention to Brad Feld’s comments in Show, Don’t Tell. Take advantage of this wonderful media. Use your video to show us your products or other [...]

By: William

William — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:22:35 +0000

Brad, I am not so sure about the comparison. Videos engages additional senses…i.e sight and auditory and impacts more on the audience.

By: William

William — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:19:11 +0000

Firstly thanks for the nice post detailing what the VCs are actually focusing on. I had the impression that we entrepreneurs are suppose to do a short pitch on the ideas we have. This really opens my eyes to using videos first to catch the attention of the VCs and then to "show" the stuffs in the video for a power packed punch! Thanks!

By: dotjenna

dotjenna — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 18:59:16 +0000

I wish you could give me an example of how this entrepreneur could have better "shown" you. What would you have wanted to see?

By: Don Hecker Attorney Description » The mother-in-law stress test

Don Hecker Attorney Description » The mother-in-law stress test — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:08:09 +0000

[...] VCs I talk to feel the same way. Brad Feld wrote a great article in this month’s Entrepreneur Magazine urging entrepreneurs to let him play with their products rather than present them to him. Jack [...]

By: Jordan 2 White Red

Jordan 2 White Red — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:46:53 +0000

I like text better because I read so quickly but agree that if the video is well done it’s useful also. I don’t really care what the format is – I’m fine with Youtube, or password protected on Vimeo

By: bfeld

bfeld — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:27:04 +0000

Well – a lot of the first 1% get rejected in less than 60 seconds – including the email that I write back which usually consists of one sentence. While your 1 in 10,000 is directionally correct, I don’t spend anywhere near three hours on each of the next 1%. I reject most of them within 10 to 30 minutes. Once I’ve spent more than 30 minutes with something, it shifts into a new category. So the bottoms up math doesn’t really work.That said, I only make about two new investments each year. As a firm (four partners) we make between six and eight investments a year. So that side of the math is correct.

By: @Rick_Mason

@Rick_Mason — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:25:16 +0000

Brad,____I am a bit astounded by your comment that you 'spend time' with one percent of the ideas you are pitched and invest in one percent of those you research.____Doing the math that means you see 10,000 deals to invest in a single one? So you spend over four weeks every year just on those one minute reviews to find a single investment?____If you spent an average of just three hours on researching those hundred finalists you could tie up another two months. Seems as each partner would only be able to manage two investments per year assuming he spent six months out of the year with existing investments, going to conferences and vacations. Have I got this right?

By: buddy teaster

buddy teaster — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:05:49 +0000

FYI:there's the end of a parentheses on teh URL and it doesnt work to just click. http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/06/say-no-in... so here it is b/c it is definitely worth a reread.