When pitching investors, the words you choose matter. To understand why investors say no you have to know how to overcome key red flags investors look for. Primarily, this isn’t about solely about VC lingo or VC terminology; it’s about removing bad words founders commonly use when pitching. In this Dreamit Dose, Adam Dakin, Managing Director of Dreamit Healthtech, offers three kinds of language-based startup pitch red flags to avoid. Dakin distills this advice from decades of experience as a VC, founder, and advisor to startups.

The next 5-minutes will leave you with a better understanding of how to talk to potential investors, how to talk to VCs when pitching, and why VCs say no based on the language founders use. It will also cover related investor lingo, startup terms to know, and common startup words that have become cliché in 2020. Examples of this are ‘conservative’ and buzzwords like ‘disrupt’; to modern investors, these are words that kill your startup pitch. This isn’t to presume a blanket rule for saying no, but to suggest pitch tips for startups that we see every day. Our insight is meant to apply to all startups, not just Healthtech startups. The same is true for investors. This video isn’t only about pitching healthcare investors or health investors, we cover startup pitch mistakes that apply to all company types. Regardless of whether you’re looking for how to talk to angel investors or seed funding for startups, founders can apply the advice from this video in front of any investor.

A startup is a race against insolvency. If you ask the fundraising expert, to stay operational you’ll need cash flow and traction. At Dreamit Ventures, we intimately understand venture investor lingo and coach our startups to avoid red flags.

That’s how to avoid using words that cause investors to say no when pitching your startup in just 5-minutes!

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