Seems like asking investors, “What do you look for when investing in startups?” is the go-to panel topic at every health tech conference.
The problem is most founders have heard the same answers so many times that they would rather stick sharp needles in their eyes than sit through another panel on the topic.
Rarely discussed are the all-too-common pitch mistakes that quickly land companies in the “No” bucket before the pitch is even finished. These are self-inflicted wounds. If you make these mistakes, your platform and market opportunity do not matter. Maybe it is unfair, but a team that makes these five mistakes will likely not get funded.
