Demo Vs Pitch

Slide 2: The pitch 1. the pain you are solving, 2. how you solved it, 3. and your value to customers 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/ Photo by http://flickr.com/photos/artsilva/465867154/

Slide 3: 1. Company Title Slide 2. Business Overview 3. Management Team 4. Market 5. Product 6. Business Model 7. Customers 8. Strategic Relationships 9. Competition 10. Barriers to Entry 11. Financial Overview Pitch Perfect 12. Use of Proceeds 13. Capital & Valuation 14. Review 15. Contactchairman of New York Angels, in Business Week David Rose, founding Info/Next Steps http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951444.htm Photo http://flickr.com/photos/pleeker/697882926/

Slide 4: David Crow Leila Boujnane Microsoft Canada Idée Inc. http://davidcrow.ca/ http://hyperbio.net/ david@davidcrow.ca http://ideeinc.com/ lboujnane@ideeinc.com 4

Slide 5: 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/