Dan Mindus is the founder and a managing partner of NextGen Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm. What’s unique about NextGen is that they are the first network-driven venture firm. The firm has a network of hundreds of “venture partners”, who are experienced founders, executives and investors, to help the firm get investment leads and evaluate investment opportunities.

In this episode, Dan talked about the company’s investment selection process. He also offered advices on how to get early stage venture capital funding for your startup, what you need to do to get yourself prepared before looking for funding, and how to effectively pitch investors.

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“Be very clear about your level of development (when pitching to investors), or they essentially will assume the numbers are bad.”

– Dan Mindus

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