The Mintround blog
Practical writing on fundraising, pitch decks, and investor outreach for early-stage founders.
11 cold-email mistakes that get founders marked as spam
Eleven concrete cold-email mistakes, from unverified lists and generic blasts to the wrong ask, that get founder outreach ignored or marked as spam.
The investor CRM spreadsheet: a template that actually works
The columns that matter in an investor CRM, how to run the pipeline through them, and how to seed the whole thing from a verified CSV export.
How to research an investor in 15 minutes before a meeting
A 15-minute checklist to research an investor before a call, covering portfolio, thesis, recent deals, socials, mutual connections, and what they pass on.
How to research an investor in 15 minutes before a meeting
A 15-minute checklist to research an investor before a call, covering portfolio, thesis, recent deals, socials, mutual connections, and what they pass on.
How to get VC meetings without a warm intro
Warm intros help, but they are not the only door. Here is how founders book VC meetings cold, and what to send so the reply is yes.
How to build a pitch deck that gets the meeting
A pitch deck has one job: earn the next conversation. The slide order that works, what each slide must answer, and the mistakes that get a pass.
How to get a warm intro to an investor
A warm intro skips the cold-email queue. How to find the right connector, make the intro easy to forward, and use the double opt-in the right way.
How to run a first investor meeting
You have 30 minutes. How to open, what to cover, how to handle the hard questions, and how to close so the next meeting actually happens.
Why investors pass, and what a 'no' really means
Most investors you pitch will say no. The real reasons behind a pass, how to read vague feedback, and when a no is actually a not yet.