The pitch 1. the pain you are solving, 2. how you solved it, 3. and your value to customers Photo by http://flickr.com/photos/artsilva/465867154/ 3 Most Important Points of a Pitch by Rick Segal - http://timothyli.wordpress.com/2006/03/07/what-to-expect-when-you-test-out-your-bb-gun/

Company Title Slide Business Overview Management Team Market Product Business Model Customers Strategic Relationships Competition Barriers to Entry Financial Overview Use of Proceeds Capital & Valuation Review Contact Info/Next Steps Photo http://flickr.com/photos/pleeker/697882926/ Pitch Perfect David Rose, founding chairman of New York Angels, in Business Week http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951444.htm

Company Title Slide

Business Overview

Management Team

Market

Product

Business Model

Customers

Strategic Relationships

Competition

Barriers to Entry

Financial Overview

Use of Proceeds

Capital & Valuation

Review

Contact Info/Next Steps

Leila Boujnane Idée Inc. http://hyperbio.net / http://ideeinc.com/ [email_address] David Crow Microsoft Canada http://davidcrow.ca / [email_address]

Resources Presentations Presentation Zen - http://www.presentationzen.com/ Beyond Bullet Points - http://www.beyondbullets.com/ The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint - http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint Pitching The Pitch Coach - http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951444.htm Demoing How to be a DEMOgod - http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/how_to_be_a_dem.html Demoing Software for Fun & Profit - http://www.scripting.com/davenet/1995/01/04/demoingsoftwareforfunprofi.html How to Demo Software - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/11/16.html Example Demos DabbleDB 8 Minute Demo - http://dabbledb.com/demo/ DEMOgod Awards - http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demogods.html Douglas Engelbart, The Mother of All Demos - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos Business Plan Guide to a good venture pitch - http://www.slideshare.net/arey_abhishek/guide-to-a-good-venture-pitch/ Twenty page venture pitch - http://www.slideshare.net/cape/index-fowa Business plans – What goes in there? - http://technosailor.com/2007/03/14/business-plan-series-part-1-framing-your-plan/

Presentations

Presentation Zen - http://www.presentationzen.com/

Beyond Bullet Points - http://www.beyondbullets.com/

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint - http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint

Pitching

The Pitch Coach - http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951444.htm

Demoing

How to be a DEMOgod - http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/how_to_be_a_dem.html

Demoing Software for Fun & Profit - http://www.scripting.com/davenet/1995/01/04/demoingsoftwareforfunprofi.html

How to Demo Software - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/11/16.html

Example Demos

DabbleDB 8 Minute Demo - http://dabbledb.com/demo/

DEMOgod Awards - http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demogods.html

Douglas Engelbart, The Mother of All Demos - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

Business Plan

Guide to a good venture pitch - http://www.slideshare.net/arey_abhishek/guide-to-a-good-venture-pitch/

Twenty page venture pitch - http://www.slideshare.net/cape/index-fowa

Business plans – What goes in there? - http://technosailor.com/2007/03/14/business-plan-series-part-1-framing-your-plan/