The impact of entrepreneurs' oral 'pitch' presentation skills on business angels' initial screening investment decisions

Venture Capital

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-279

  Clark, Colin ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DOM CABRAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Business angels; Communication skills; Entrepreneurship; Investor decision making; Oral presentations

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249135408     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060802151945     Document Type: Article

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