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Dave McClureIf you're a budding entrepreneur, you know you need an elevator pitch. But what about a taxi pitch?

Last August, Alex Moore and Aye Moah were visiting Silicon Valley to try and get funding for their startup Baydin.

The three-person company was only a few months old, and had already shipped a product called Boomerang, which lets email users set a reminder to respond to a message later in case they can't decide what to do with it when they read it -- perfect for those emails that fall somewhere between urgent business and obvious spam, like long catch-up messages from old friends.

But Baydin wasn't having any luck getting funding in Boston, and had planned a week long trip to the Valley in between two friends' weddings in the Bay Area and San Diego.

To read the full, original article click on this link: Here's One Way To Get Funding: Give An Angel A Ride

Author: Matt Rosoff