S 01 | Ep 43 Understanding Investor Communications Nathan Beckord built FounderSuite to solve a problem he understood from both sides , having worked in investment banking before building tools for the startup ecosystem . The episode is a practical walkthrough of what actually works in fundraising communications , filtered through hundreds of interviews on his podcast " How I Raised It " and the behavioral data from thousands of founders using his platform . Investors are processing hundreds of intros per day , often on their phones between meetings , and they are spending seconds not minutes on each one . The founders who break through send short emails that surface one compelling signal and link to a five - slide teaser . Everything else comes later , progressively , as the relationship deepens . Sending a 45 - slide deck in the first email is not thorough , it is disqualifying . The investor feedback problem is handled with characteristic directness . VCs are smart and opinionated and frequently wrong about your specific business . The right move is to look for patterns across multiple conversations . If six out of seven investors are confused by your go - to - market is a signal worth acting on , but one VC ' s suggestion to pivot your entire market is usually noise Nathan suggests weighing customer and user feedback ten times more heavily than investor feedback .