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There's A New Due Diligence Question Every Investor Is Asking. Here's How To Answer.

It's not about your product, your traction or your team. Here's my framework for answering it.

Apr 12 • Susan | Angel Investor

Your Clients Are Going To Cancel Your AI Product. You Just Haven't Been Told Yet.

Angels funded the AI wave at inflated valuations. Now the bridge asks will begin.

Mar 31 • Susan | Angel Investor

Eight Global Angels Based in Southeast Asia Who Will Take Your Cold Pitch Right Now

None of these came from a database. I've met all eight in the last sixty days.

Mar 24 • Susan | Angel Investor

The $25,000 Check That Could Kill Your Series A

Most founders vet their market. Almost none vet the person writing their first check. That can be expensive.

Mar 13 • Susan | Angel Investor

Here's What Angels Really Think Of OpenAI's Latest $110 Billion Round

Founders think this means angels will write bigger checks. Here's what it actually signals.

Mar 10 • Susan | Angel Investor

Your Cap Table Is About to Kill Your Series A

You built a real business. The numbers are moving. The meetings are warm. But nobody wants your Series A. Here's what to do at pre-seed and seed to…

Mar 6 • Susan | Angel Investor

How to Halve Investor Risk

There's a little-known UK government scheme that cuts angel downside by 50% upfront for US start-ups

Feb 17 • Susan | Angel Investor

The 12 Questions I Ask Every Founder. This Is The Cheat Sheet.

Every angel is asking these questions. Most founders are answering them wrong.

Feb 15 • Susan | Angel Investor

Five Dubai-based investors actively taking pre-seed and seed pitches right now from anywhere in the world.

Here's who I met in Dubai this week who told me they are actively investing.

Feb 8 • Susan | Angel Investor

The Type Of Founder Angels Can’t Resist Funding

Why this type of pitch keeps working so well

Feb 7 • Susan | Angel Investor

Three family offices accepting pre-seed cold pitches from founders they’ve never met

Why this is happening now, who they are, and why most founders will still get it wrong

Feb 4 • Susan | Angel Investor

10 Reasons StartUps Fail (That Angels Rarely Spot)

Angels will say it was just 'bad luck' but the signs were always there, if you know where to look - Exclusive for Premium Subscribers

Feb 3 • Susan | Angel Investor

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