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How to Convince Investors

It’s not surprising that investors are looking for “big successes” so how do you convince an investor you will be one of those? Paul Graham from Y Combinator shares what he feels are the three things you’ll need: formidable founders, a promising market and (usually) some evidence of success so far.

His recipe for impressing investors includes:

  1. Make something worth investing in
  2. Understand why it’s worth investing in
  3. Explain that clearly to investors

Read the whole article How to Convince Investors.

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