Learn From Proven Entrepreneurs

If you sent a VC your pitch, William Quigley told us, and you didn’t hear back, it’s not because your email was somehow lost in transit or because no one had a chance to look at it. VCs look at everything. You didn’t get a response because your pitch wasn’t compelling enough.

That’s the kind of straight talk that William dished last night. He was frank, educational and helpful.

We started the evening with a short conversation with Rahul Sonnad, an entrepreneur who founded thePlatform, which was sold to Comcast. Rahul is working on his next startup, Geodelic Systems, out of Clearstone’s office in Santa Monica. William invited him to talk about the VC process from the entrepreneur’s perspective.

Before he went up on stage, I thanked Rahul for coming to speak to us. He said, “I’m always happy to pitch.” And that was one of his messages when he got up on stage. Pitch your idea to anyone who’ll listen because it’ll help you practice explaining your business and selling your ideas.

Thank you William and Rahul for presenting last night.

A few people emailed me about a copy of William’s PowerPoint. Here it is:

Right click here to download William Quigley’s PowerPoint presentation.

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