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“I’ve got this great idea, I just need $500,000 to make it work.”

Investors have heard some variation of this statement thousands of times. With so many people vying for the same investor dollars in the Kansas City market, what’s a startup to do?

Here to offer some insight into the mind of an investor is industry expert Dave Palmstein, managing director of the Northland Angel Investor Network. With 30-plus years of experience in the startup world and more than 50 funded companies under his belt, Palmstein has seen firsthand what separates the “funded” from the “not funded.”