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Eddie Lou has written nearly 100 angel checks, raised over $50 million as a founder, and sat on the other side of the table as a VC general partner. In this free field guide, he lays out what actually gets a check written, which has almost nothing to do with your deck. Five short chapters on why most founders should skip VC entirely, what angel investors look for in a startup, how to build a pitch that creates conviction, and how to run a round from first coffee to cleared wire.