Pitching Practice. Business Model Canvas. Details for the event next week. Rubric for final pitch...

1. The business pitch
• 30 second pitch – 1 or 2 liner - People need to
“get it” right away
• Pitching an investor/crowd:
– Problem/pain
– Your solution
– Business Model – how you will make money
– Team & ability to deliver
– What you’re after and why… what you expect…
– Success/traction to date, including partnerships…

2. Graduation Pitch:
Element Weighting
Soundness of the idea – will it work? 40
Traction/success/progress so far 20
Potential Social Impact 15
Quality of the pitch 15
Team’s credibility – ability to pull it off 10

3. Event next Thursday evening:
• Showcasing some good work/ideas – let me know
if you’re keen to talk – great practice!
• Pitching tables – real judges – great source of
feedback!
• Guest Speaker – Mark Frankel
– Director of Aurum River – Investment Firm
– CEO of Shanduka Black Umbrella
– Owner of Innovation Shack
• Social Enterprise focus
– Master Currency (FD)
– Bank of NZ…

4. Snacks for The event… sponsor/crowd-sourced…
Public Events Calendar for cool events
I need some help please:

6. Core purpose of a startup =
validated learning.
Test the core assumptions

7. The Power of Goal Setting

8. Goals
• Process Focused – things within your control…
• SMART
– Specific
– Measurable
– Attainable
– Relevant
– Time Bound

9. Reflection

10. Time to apply
• Settle on one idea for the remaining 7 weeks…
• Apply the Business Model Canvas.
• What are the biggest risks/assumptions?
• How can you test them as quickly and cheaply as
possible? (Eliminate waste – obstacles in the
room)
• Set goals for your experimentation – aiming for
validated learning!
• Get feedback from everywhere
• Email/whatsapp the goals to me –
ant@ambitiouscuriosity.org (072 274 3898)