Tag: Investors

Why Robert Kiyosaki???s Advice is Dangerous for Indian Investors

Robert Kiyosaki is a popular financial author and speaker. His books, such as “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, have sold millions of copies worldwide. However, Kiyosaki’s advice is not always applicable to all investors, especially those in India. Here are a few reasons why Robert Kiyosaki&...

Investors: Price is not value

Many investors and public company owners and management look at their favorite stock price every day. Watching CNBC, Bloomberg and even the charts on the internet can give you up-to-the-second price updates. Many trade the price swings, and often, many lose money doing this. This is a result of our ...

The Pareto Investor???s Portfolio ??? 2024

As we approach the end of another dynamic year, I am thrilled to share with you the performance of the Pareto Investor’s Portfolio for 2023 and introduce my strategic holdings for 2024. Also, this communication marks a significant moment as this past year has been nothing short of remarkabl...

How to Use Social Media to Reach Out to Investors

The only way to find investors was by flying to expensive conferences. But first, people needed to be aware of those conferences, which was a problem in an offline world. With the rise of social media, AI, and the digital revolution, finding investors is a manageable problem. It is easy to use...

5 Common Pitch Deck Mistakes Founders Make that Annoy Investors

I was judging a pitch competition for a neighboring university. The event was meant to be an informal “practice” session to help the students prepare for pitching venture capitalists. As a result, the person who’d invited me wanted me to give feedback on the pitches rather than the...

Don???t Waste Time Chasing Investors. Do This Instead

If you’re chasing investors…you’ve already lost. I sign off every one of my newsletters with the declaration “…be chased.” A common reaction to that is “ok, but how??” How do you attract investor attention without appearing needy? Investors ...

One Type of Founder Investors Hate Funding

I invited a local venture capitalist to speak with my entrepreneurship class at Duke. Once he’d finished sharing his story and discussing the industry, I opened the floor to questions. Most of the questions were typical, young-entrepreneur questions followed by typical, bland VC answers. &l...