Capital-Raising Poll: How do you present your deals to potential investors?

[Jonathan Osei-Owusu]

Hey everyone! I’m a software engineer who’s just recently wrapped up my first 4-unit ground-up construction deal. I’m now building a simple one-page pitch site to help sponsors raise equity more efficiently. Before I invest more time in this prototype, I want to make sure I’m solving a real problem. Your input here will directly shape the tool’s design and feature set.

Poll: Which format do you primarily use to share deal details with prospective investors (select all that apply)?

    A) Emailing a PDF or Powerpoint pitch deck

    B) Linking to a simple project page on your own website

    C) Posting on a third-party crowdfunding platform (e.g. CrowdStreet, SyndicationPro)

    D) Sharing an Excel or Google Sheets financial model
 
    E) Phone or video call walkthrough (no documents)

    F) In-person meeting with printed materials (pen & paper)

    G) Other (please reply with yours)

Please vote by replying below with any combination of A, B, C, D, E, F, or G.
If you choose ‘Other,’ feel free to share a sentence about what you use.

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I’ll compile the results and share a quick summary here next week—plus a preview of how I’m adapting the prototype based on your feedback. Thanks in advance for your help!

[Chris Seveney]

Quote from @Jonathan O.:

Hey everyone! I’m a software engineer who’s just recently wrapped up my first 4-unit ground-up construction deal. I’m now building a simple one-page pitch site to help sponsors raise equity more efficiently. Before I invest more time in this prototype, I want to make sure I’m solving a real problem. Your input here will directly shape the tool’s design and feature set.

Poll: Which format do you primarily use to share deal details with prospective investors (select all that apply)?

    A) Emailing a PDF or Powerpoint pitch deck

    B) Linking to a simple project page on your own website

    C) Posting on a third-party crowdfunding platform (e.g. CrowdStreet, SyndicationPro)

    D) Sharing an Excel or Google Sheets financial model
 
    E) Phone or video call walkthrough (no documents)

    F) In-person meeting with printed materials (pen & paper)

    G) Other (please reply with yours)

Please vote by replying below with any combination of A, B, C, D, E, F, or G.
If you choose ‘Other,’ feel free to share a sentence about what you use.

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I’ll compile the results and share a quick summary here next week—plus a preview of how I’m adapting the prototype based on your feedback. Thanks in advance for your help!

This is not a one size fits all - you are solving a problem for someone - each person has a unique situation and problem so how you overcome that to provide resolution (ie. they are looking for a place to invest and do not know where) - can be accomplished many ways but how it works for each specific investor is very different. For me I want to see the spreadsheet and analyze it - but my company has around 800 investors and very few go that deep many want a phone call or in person to see I am a real person and then will watch a webinar and follow up. its a journey to get an investor not a one night stand.