👀 Hey - this is part of a larger best practice guide on Building up your syndicate members.
Intro
Now that your syndicate profile is all set up, hosting a Fireside chat to introduce your syndicate is one of the most effective ways to build up your syndicate members.
In a nutshell, we help you host and promote a virtual event with your investor network, that usually runs around 45-60mins, record the sessions, and then make curated bits of content available for you to share.
During the session, our CEO / founder Cheryl Mack, will have conversational interview with you.
We'll create the event, all you need to do is share and invite investors in your network (and we'll do the same).
Fireside chats are hosted once per month on the last Tuesday of each month on a first come, first served basis.
When you're ready to go, please get in touch with us (hello@aussieangels.com) - and tell us the month you want to book.
To learn more about our virtual Fireside chat, read on.
Example
We previously ran a fireside chat with Sasha Baranikov to introduce Steam Ventures to investors, you can also view the full video here.
Setup
It's a virtual fireside chat.
We'll set up the event on Luma (like we did for Sasha/Steam Ventures).
Once the event page is created, we will work with you on any edits want to make.
Then you'll use that link to invite people in your network to join to learn more about your syndicate and why they should join (they don't need to be sophisticated to attend, so if you're unsure that's okay you can still invite them).
You'll want to invite as many people as you can, as this is a fantastic way to get people excited about your syndicate and is usually a really high conversion event.
There are no restrictions on how you can invite people, so you can post about the event on social media.
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Promotion
Please go ahead and start inviting investors in your network!
We'll make you (and any of your other syndicate leads) co-hosts so you can invite people directly from the Luma portal (if you've never used Luma before, feel free to ping us any questions about inviting people), or just email people directly.
We would also recommend sharing the event on your social media (a few times between now and then).
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Agenda
Questions we'll cover during the event include:
Tell us about your background, experience areas
Why did you start angel investing? What are you excited about in the space for the next 12 months?
as an operator angel, how are you helpful?
tell me about a few companies in your current portfolio, how did you get access?
why have you decided to start an angel syndicate? why you?
tell us about the syndicate name?
what do you look for in founders?
whats your investment strategy?
where do you find great deal flow?
what kinds of deals can investors expect to see from your syndicate? how many per year?
what stages?
are there any requirements to join your syndicate? any costs? commitment to invest?
any exciting deals coming up soon?
Our recommendation would be to focus on things investors get excited about like why you two (what makes you special) and why you have the best access to great deals, this is the time to brag!
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After
This works really well, and generates great media content which we then use across socials (and elsewhere), to help promote your syndicate, and our platform.
Our team will also edit the video recording, edit & make available to you in full, plus bite-sized videos that are easy to share on socials (and even include on your syndicate profile page).
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As always, if you have any questions, please get in touch with us on hello@aussieangels.com
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Ready? 🔥
The Fireside chat is hosted once per month on the last Tuesday of each month (noon SYD/MEL time).
Speaking slots are booked and allocated on a first come, first served basis.
When you're ready to go, please get in touch with us (hello@aussieangels.com) - and tell us the month you want to book.
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As always, if you have any questions, please get in touch with us on hello@aussieangels.com