# Avoiding the WRONG type of investor for your company | Sidebean Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sidebean-7304194/avoiding-the-wrong-type-of-investor-for-your-company-sidebean Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/sidebean-7304194/avoiding-the-wrong-type-of-investor-for-your-company-sidebean.md Podcast: [Sidebean](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sidebean-7304194) Published: 2026-07-10T19:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN7721242022.mp3?updated=1778667697 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN7721242022.mp3?updated=1778667697 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sidebean-7304194/episodes/avoiding-the-wrong-type-of-investor-for-your-company-sidebean Duration seconds: 886 ## Resource Avoiding the WRONG type of investor for your company Are you raising capital for your startup? Slidebean is a platform for founders to scale their startups. Let us help you: ► Build the Perfect Pitch Deck and Financial Model ► Find & connect with the right Investors ► Stay on top of Accelerator deadlines and participate in Demo Days & more... Our Community gets 30% Discount on their Slidebean Subscription. Get started now: Use code ‘SLBYTCOMMUNITY’’ or check out https://youtube.slidebean.com/startup-venture-capital Are you ready to pitch to investors? We can help ► https://slidebean.com/pitch-deck-consulting-services?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=wronginvestors Subscribe to our FREE weekly startup newsletter ► https://slidebean.com/newsletter?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=wronginvestors -- Today, special guest Steve Barsh, from Dreamit Ventures, discusses that startups are obsessively focused on finding investors to back their idea. But often founders are perplexed on how to find those investors, why it’s taking so long, and how to speed up the process. Let’s dive in! #startups #Slidebean #investors #fundraising 0:00 - Intro 1:14 - How to find investors: Are you ready to raise funds? 4:21 - How to Find Investors: When the fundraising time comes 8:38 - How to Find Investors: Angel Investors --- - Subscribe to @DreamItVentures Ventures’ YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/dreamitventures - Read the video transcription: https://slidebean.com/blog/startup-how-to-find-investor?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=ba-content - Follow Caya: https://twitter.com/cayahere and https://instagram.com/caya_here - Recommended video, Small Business vs. Startup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sidebean-7304194/episodes/avoiding-the-wrong-type-of-investor-for-your-company-sidebean/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/sidebean-7304194/avoiding-the-wrong-type-of-investor-for-your-company-sidebean.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.