Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.In raising funding, investors want to know what progress the company is making.\xa0 After the initial presentation the investor wants to hear about progress in four areas: Sales, team, product, and the fundraise. For Sales -- show pipeline forecast, revenue increases, and key accounts going through the sales funnel. For Team --\xa0 show the experience of the team and what team members are doing to move the ball forward on the business.\xa0 For Product -- show the status of the product and how it is developing.\xa0 Show customer success stories as well as the customer ROI. For Fundraise -- show the fundraise progress including interest, committed, and invested amounts. Updates on the market size and growth and the competition status is not of interest. The investor wants to know what you are doing.\xa0 Focus on your updates on these four core items in each communication with the investor to give a sense of traction and momentum.Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let\u2019s go startup something today.For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: Check out our other podcasts here: For Investors check out: For Startups check out: For eGuides check out: For upcoming Events, check out For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group