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Investor Minute - Investors DO Give Second Chances by Alex Gurevich

Name: Investor Minute - Investors DO Give Second Chances by Alex Gurevich
Uploaded: 2014-05-10T17:43:50+00:00
Duration: 1 min 18 s
Channel: Royston G King
Description: In this brief investor minute, Alex Gurevich explains how investors assess founders who come back after an initial rejection. When entrepreneurs revisit…

10 May 2014 · 1 min

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In this brief investor minute, Alex Gurevich explains how investors assess founders who come back after an initial rejection. When entrepreneurs revisit a potential investor after 3‑12 months, showing that they have executed on prior feedback, hit milestones, and demonstrated measurable progress, investors gain confidence. The repeat interaction lets investors compare the original pitch with the new, higher‑level state, revealing a clear trajectory. This pattern of persistence, willingness to “jump through hoops,” and consistent execution signals a resilient team that is less likely to say no, making the founders more attractive for future investment.

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An entrepreneur that you've talked to and for some one reason or another it just didn't work out and maybe the timing wasn't right and didn't make sense to do the investment, to make that investment at that point. But instead of hanging their heads, they go back to the drawing board or they continue on their path, they execute like crazy, and then they come back to you, you know, 3, 4, 5 months, even maybe a year later and say, hey guys, Hey, you know, we talked to you before, we said we were gonna do, you know, these couple of things, we did it, and now we're at a certain other level. That provides us with a lot of confidence, right? Because not only, you know, we see kind of that point in time when we first talked to them, we see that second point in time and then we see that they've been able to execute and, you know, essentially stick to their word, right? And for us, in terms of trying to recognize patterns or trajectory, you know, that does provide a lot of confidence, right? It also speaks to the persistence of the team, the fact that they're not willing to say no, that they're willing to jump through all the hoops and break through all the barriers and the walls to really get to that next level.