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You thought your pitch was bad? VCs share details of ‘train wreck’ meetings

Posted on June 23, 2011 by tony armstrong

Here is a great article for you by Marie Powes: Things could always be worse. At least, that’s what start-ups try to tell themselves when a pitch goes south. And they might be right. When Business Insider asked some VCs and entrepreneurs to share some of their more memorable pitching disasters, they heard stories about entrepreneurs dressing like avocados, VCs leaving broke CEOs with restaurant tabs, and people falling asleep in meetings — plus more delightfully awful details. Although tales of misery can provide endless entertainment — provided you don’t recognize yourself in one of the vignettes — there also are valuable lessons to be learned from these mishaps. To get the gory details of these pitching disasters, go to: Business Insider

You thought your pitch was bad? VCs share details of ‘train wreck’ meetings | Technology Transfer Tactics.

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