Pitching Best Practices; Telling Your Story

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They offered him the pills (red or blue) He was awakened, flushed him out of the system. They trained Neo. They made him believe. Sent to fight the agents. Destroyed Agent Smith Saw the Matrix

Kill the machines.

He had to believe. The agents. The squidies. Traitor

Neo: Dodge bullets Morpheus: Just cool Trinity: Hot

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Pitching Best Practices; Telling Your Story - Presentation Transcript

Telling Your Story September 1, 2009 Lance Weatherby
Agenda Investor Toolkit Presentation Deep Dive Top Tips
Forget all that
Don’t send slides
Three things
1. Be prepared
2. Create a story
3. It’s all about you
Four words
Internet access service
Enterprise email security
Technology startup accelerator
Blog topic suggestions
Payments via Twitter
Four words
One page
12 slides
Appendix
Spreadsheet required
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And remember
Don’t send slides
And don’t send a 50 page business plan
2. You need a story
What’s a story?
Sequence of events
Objectives
Obstacles
Characters
3. It’s all about you
To be a great champion, you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are. Muhammad Ali
It’s not what you say, it’s how you make people feel
Do your homework
Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically and people will like it more. Chris Martin
Yes they can!
1. Be prepared
2. Create a story
3. It’s all about you
Lance Weatherby Startup Catalyst [email_address] slideshare.net/lanceweatherby