How is the Angel Capital Summit different?

The Angel Capital Summit is different in several important ways:

1. Better quality business summaries: The entrepreneurs have access to a variety of tool as well as receive online collaborative feedback for early round screeeners to improve their plan.
2. A collaborative selection process: Each of our investor partners will pre-screen candidate companies. The Final Screen comes from a group of experts in deal review and the underlying technologies from across the country and some from around the globe. This results in a broader selection of companies from a wider range of industries.
3. An intensive coaching process: This process focuses on identifying key risk and return factors that investor look for and answering those questions during the pitch. Each presenting company is put through a structured process that starts with a standards-based assessment of strengths and weaknesses, and follows up with one-on-one coaching with industry experts to address the weaknesses. The presentation itself is honed through a collaborative "pitch practice", where companies do a dry run to each other. Few companies go through this process without making significant, positive changes in their business plans. The result: better presentations, based on better business concepts.
4. An emphasis on helping the right entrepreneurs and the right investors find each other: Many early-stage investors prefer to play an active role in their investments. With a standards-based process, it's easier for investors to find companies that are closely aligned with their interests.