#1 – You are making crap.

#2 – Pitching a problem instead of an opportunity.

#3 – Trying to offload all the risk and/or get someone else to pay

for your learnings.

#4 – You don’t know what you are raising funds for…

#5 – Asking for too much, or too little.

#6 – Asking at the wrong time.

#7 – Your corp structure is screwed up.

#8 – Your rev share economics are messed up.

#9 - Legal entanglements.

#10 – Sovereign obstacles.