Paying for the advice of an experienced, savvy and well-connected entrepreneur / business angel to review / improve / accelerating one’s business is a worthwhile expense.

There are plenty of so-called advisers that would be delighted to take $5k from any aspiring entrepreneur.

From the angel’s perspective, they do receive plenty of business plans that are poor quality, immature or unsuitable for angel investment. So some form of financial barrier will self-filter entrants and eliminate frivolous applications.

$200-500 entrance fee would be acceptable. As a former entrepreneur, I would want to see guaranteed face time with a competition ‘judge’ to justify the $5k expense.

Go back to the drawing board, Revolutionary Angels, and improve your pitch!