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I don't think its a necessarily question of your business acumen.

Since the VC has a strong technical background (M.S. in CS), I would guess that they would probably be more interested in the course of a conversation in the "intellectual" / technical side of things rather than the mundane financial boring stuff.

Also, probably better than seed funding would be to connect with this VC, and see if you would like him to mentor you. If you're throwing a business plan and slide deck out it might seem like you are just another opportunistic gold-digger, whereas if you can just show how passionate and energetic you are, as pg suggested, its much more likely to lead to a longer term relationship.

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