Scared shitless of investors – how do I impress them?

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Get in front of as many as possible, for practice if nothing else. It's a lot like interviews.

The guy who ripped you apart may be impressed with your idea and team and just want a better deal. Or he may be a jerk.

Best advice is probably to pitch as many investors as possible. If you don't know how much money and why you need the money, you're not ready to pitch. That is seriously step one. Also, all advice I've ever read from entrepreneurs is to double whatever you think you need, and ask for that. If you're pitching angels you're going to need to get a lot of them together to finish your round, while if you're pitching VC for a venture round usually 1-3 will fill the entire round. But yeah... you need to figure out that $$$ situation.

We're in the same boat. Line up as many of them as possible. The "real" pitches are eye-opening...

go to pitchfest. pitch to peers and get feedback. there's a competition where the winner is awarded. Once you fine tune that, then you are ready to meet with investors. until then, you'll sound like a blundering fool.