Great tips to best prepare for your pitch when it matters most to impress your investors. Greg Sarangoulis is a successful business owner with years of experience forging productive, lucrative partnerships.

1. 10 Tips to Finally Get
Investors to Listen
Craft Your Pitch Perfectly:
Founder & Owner of GMI First, Inc.
Gregory Sarangoulis
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2. Keep It Short & Sweet
An entrepreneur needs to be able to describe his or her
company and why it matters in one minute or less.

3. Know Your Numbers
To be taken seriously, you need to know your financial metrics
thoroughly and be able to walk an investor through what they mean.
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4. Find the Right Fit
Most VC firms are experts in one or two specific fields. Find
the investor who can provide expertise, not just cash.

5. Understand the Competition
Know your industry's major players and be ready to explain
exactly how your company will be different.

6. Pitch Your Experience
Give investors a full picture of you and your leadership team's
qualifications and history working in/studying the industry.

7. Show Your Hand
Emphasize any valuable intellectual property your company
may have. Hard assets can mitigate risk for investors.
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8. Explain How You're All In
Show you are committed. The size of your investment illustrates
the extent of your dedication to outside investors.

9. Be Realistic
Be prepared to walk your investors through your forecasting
methods and logic behind the anticipated growth.

10. Know Your Growth Plan
Have an exact plan prepared to explain the ways in which you
will convert incoming revenue into growth.

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Ask Confidently
Have the precise figure in mind and ask for it
when your pitch comes to a close.