The document provides guidance on how to effectively pitch an idea or business to investors. It recommends preparing a concise pitch deck that summarizes the key points of the business plan, products/services, financial projections, and funding needs. The pitch deck should tell the story of the idea/business and spark investor interest to obtain further meetings. The goal is not necessarily to raise funds, but to get to the next stage of evaluation. The document outlines 11 essential components to include in the pitch deck, such as the value proposition, problem, solution, target market, revenue model, and competition. It also notes important presentation tips like keeping the pitch simple, telling a compelling story, and being prepared to provide additional documentation if requested.
The Ultimate Investor Pitch Deck TemplateCrowdfunder
Great startups don’t fund themselves. Raising money from investors requires a great pitch, even for experienced founders with significant traction in their startup.
There’s a formula for pitching your startup that has helped startup founders raise millions.
In short, this formula involves crafting a larger story / narrative, while speaking directly to what investors are looking for and need to know about you, your company, your market, and your plan.
This document provides guidance on raising seed capital from venture capital firms and other investors. It discusses the basics of venture capital and seed stage funding. Key points include:
- Seed funding ranges from $50k-$1.5M and is used to build an initial product and validate the business idea. It discusses various sources of seed capital including angels, accelerators, seed funds, and some VCs.
- Preparing for a fundraise involves launching a minimum viable product to prove traction, finding experienced advisors, crafting an investor pitch deck, and networking within the startup community.
- When pitching investors, the goals are to excite them about the opportunity and make them fear missing out. The pitch should
The Truth About Startups: What I wish someone had told me about entrepreneurs...Yevgeniy Brikman
This is the talk I gave at MIT's Martin Center for Entrepreneurship. It's a talk I wish someone gave me when I was in college to help me think about the role of entrepreneurship and startups in my career.
You can find the video of the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rus32iR_Ag0
This document provides guidelines for creating an effective startup pitch deck, including recommendations on slide content and structure. It outlines the core components that investors look for, such as the problem/solution, team, traction, business model, financials, and ask. Additional tips include keeping slides concise, demonstrating results, practicing delivery, and tailoring the pitch to the investors' focus areas. The goal is to concisely communicate the opportunity and convey why the company and solution are compelling within the limited time of a pitch presentation.
The document discusses the importance of business plans and pitches for startups. It provides guidance on the key elements that should be included in a business plan, such as the executive summary, management team, product/service description, market analysis, financial plan, and growth plan. The document also outlines the four parts of an effective pitch: context, solution, business model, and ask. It recommends identifying the problem being solved, the solution, how the solution will reach the market and make money, and what is needed to succeed. The document aims to help startups develop compelling business plans and pitches to attract financing.
This pitch deck outlines a business for an online presentation maker. It introduces the founding team and their qualifications. It describes key issues the product will address and its solution. The deck then outlines the products and services, key metrics, revenue model, competitors, competitive advantages, marketing strategy, financial plan, and contact details.
How To Make The Perfect Startup Pitch DeckBarcinno
Preparing for an investor presentation can be a pretty daunting task. Whether it’s your first time sending a pitch deck to investors or you’re presenting at Techcrunch Disrupt in front of 5.000 people, a solid structure is fundamental for a coherent and commanding presentation.
Communicating your message with clarity is everything. Given that you have limited time to present and captivate investors, presenting with passion, simplicity and power is paramount. We suggest that you organize your pitch deck in the following order as a general guideline. Remember, you only have a short amount of time for this pitch so practice until it’s perfect and stay focused!
Read the Complete Guide To Creating The Perfect Startup Pitch Deck here:
http://www.barcinno.com/10-slides-for-a-perfect-startup-pitch-deck/
This document provides a template and guidelines for creating a startup pitch deck. It includes tips on focusing key messages, avoiding excessive text, demonstrating the solution, explaining the team, market opportunity, business model, competition, execution progress, and financial projections. Backup slides are recommended to address additional questions. The goal is to tell a clear story in 10-15 concise slides that will help raise funding.
The Ultimate Investor Pitch Deck TemplateCrowdfunder
Great startups don’t fund themselves. Raising money from investors requires a great pitch, even for experienced founders with significant traction in their startup.
There’s a formula for pitching your startup that has helped startup founders raise millions.
In short, this formula involves crafting a larger story / narrative, while speaking directly to what investors are looking for and need to know about you, your company, your market, and your plan.
This document provides guidance on raising seed capital from venture capital firms and other investors. It discusses the basics of venture capital and seed stage funding. Key points include:
- Seed funding ranges from $50k-$1.5M and is used to build an initial product and validate the business idea. It discusses various sources of seed capital including angels, accelerators, seed funds, and some VCs.
- Preparing for a fundraise involves launching a minimum viable product to prove traction, finding experienced advisors, crafting an investor pitch deck, and networking within the startup community.
- When pitching investors, the goals are to excite them about the opportunity and make them fear missing out. The pitch should
The Truth About Startups: What I wish someone had told me about entrepreneurs...Yevgeniy Brikman
This is the talk I gave at MIT's Martin Center for Entrepreneurship. It's a talk I wish someone gave me when I was in college to help me think about the role of entrepreneurship and startups in my career.
You can find the video of the talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rus32iR_Ag0
This document provides guidelines for creating an effective startup pitch deck, including recommendations on slide content and structure. It outlines the core components that investors look for, such as the problem/solution, team, traction, business model, financials, and ask. Additional tips include keeping slides concise, demonstrating results, practicing delivery, and tailoring the pitch to the investors' focus areas. The goal is to concisely communicate the opportunity and convey why the company and solution are compelling within the limited time of a pitch presentation.
The document discusses the importance of business plans and pitches for startups. It provides guidance on the key elements that should be included in a business plan, such as the executive summary, management team, product/service description, market analysis, financial plan, and growth plan. The document also outlines the four parts of an effective pitch: context, solution, business model, and ask. It recommends identifying the problem being solved, the solution, how the solution will reach the market and make money, and what is needed to succeed. The document aims to help startups develop compelling business plans and pitches to attract financing.
This pitch deck outlines a business for an online presentation maker. It introduces the founding team and their qualifications. It describes key issues the product will address and its solution. The deck then outlines the products and services, key metrics, revenue model, competitors, competitive advantages, marketing strategy, financial plan, and contact details.
How To Make The Perfect Startup Pitch DeckBarcinno
Preparing for an investor presentation can be a pretty daunting task. Whether it’s your first time sending a pitch deck to investors or you’re presenting at Techcrunch Disrupt in front of 5.000 people, a solid structure is fundamental for a coherent and commanding presentation.
Communicating your message with clarity is everything. Given that you have limited time to present and captivate investors, presenting with passion, simplicity and power is paramount. We suggest that you organize your pitch deck in the following order as a general guideline. Remember, you only have a short amount of time for this pitch so practice until it’s perfect and stay focused!
Read the Complete Guide To Creating The Perfect Startup Pitch Deck here:
http://www.barcinno.com/10-slides-for-a-perfect-startup-pitch-deck/
This document provides a template and guidelines for creating a startup pitch deck. It includes tips on focusing key messages, avoiding excessive text, demonstrating the solution, explaining the team, market opportunity, business model, competition, execution progress, and financial projections. Backup slides are recommended to address additional questions. The goal is to tell a clear story in 10-15 concise slides that will help raise funding.
A good pitch should do more than just say stuff about your business. It should present the compelling points briefly and in an order that is logical and engaging.
Presentation from Marc Phillips, Managing Partner of Arafura Ventures, and author of "Inside Silicon Valley: How the deals get done," with a slide-by-slide approach to developing your pitch deck -- using examples from real-life winning pitch decks.
Check out sample essential pitch deck slides for: .
- Mission/Vision
- Problem/Solution
- Market size
- IP
- Financial projections
- Management team
- and more!
Sponsored by Early Growth Financial Services and Cooley.
How To Avoid Sending Selfish "Just Checking In" Follow Up EmailsHubSpot
The document provides tips for avoiding generic "just checking in" follow up emails. It analyzes an example email, identifying four issues: 1) a generic opening with no personalization, 2) admitting to checking in with no value, 3) asking the recipient for information rather than providing it, and 4) a generic call to action rather than a specific next step. It then outlines five steps to send more valuable follow up emails: 1) determine the objective, 2) open with context, 3) clearly state the purpose, 4) provide value to the recipient, and 5) end with a clear next step. Examples are given for different types of follow up emails.
Andy Young discusses growth hacking strategies for startups. He defines growth hacking as experiment-driven marketing to achieve measurable, repeatable and scalable growth. Some key growth hacking tactics include SEO, content marketing, performance marketing, conversion optimization, viral loops and strategic pricing. He emphasizes the importance of testing ideas with customers pre-launch, focusing on key metrics, prioritizing high-impact areas of the customer funnel like top-of-funnel acquisition and bottom-of-funnel conversion and retention, and continually experimenting to optimize growth.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective elevator pitch. It explains that an elevator pitch is a brief argument for why someone or a company deserves attention, generates interest, and leads to further discussion. The document recommends including the problem, solution, customer value, business model, achievements, and a call to action. It provides templates and examples of elevator pitches. Key tips include making the audience care about you, trust you, and want more information in 30 seconds or less through a clear, jargon-free message focused on the listener's needs and goals. Effective delivery is also emphasized through practice and a passionate tone of voice.
This document provides guidance on how to create an effective business pitch. It recommends keeping the pitch to 10 slides that last no more than 20 minutes. Key slides should include outlining the problem, the proposed solution, the business model, any unique technology or aspects that provide a competitive advantage, the marketing and sales strategy, competitors, the team, financial projections and milestones, the current status and timeline, and a summary with a call to action. The pitch should be concise yet compelling in explaining the problem being solved, how the solution will address it, and what is being asked of the audience. Practice is emphasized to polish the pitch.
This document provides guidance on how to structure an investor presentation, including key sections to cover and how to frame each section. The sections discussed are: setting the table, opportunity size, problem, solution, how it works, competition, unit economics, early traction, go-to-market strategy, milestones, financing needs, team, and appendix. For each section, the document recommends focusing on one key point to convey and considering what investors are thinking to ensure addressing their concerns. The overall goal is to tell a compelling story about the problem being solved and why the company is well-positioned for success.
Customer Development 4: Customer Discovery Part 1Venture Hacks
This document discusses customer development and outlines its key steps and methodology. It begins with an agenda that includes discussing the WebVan case study, testing problems and product concepts with customers, and establishing a customer development team. The rest of the document provides details on the customer development process, which involves testing hypotheses with customers through iterative phases of discovery and validation over several months or years. It emphasizes the importance of listening to customers, testing problems and products, and modifying the process for each individual company's needs.
This document outlines the five stages of executive hiring: 1) Planning, 2) Working with Candidates, 3) Referencing Process, 4) Compensation Offer, and 5) Offer. It provides tips for each stage, such as developing a prioritized hiring list, taking control of the candidate process, conducting a "mini board meeting" for candidates to present their strategy, doing a 360 degree reference check process, addressing compensation expectations, and making the final offer only when confident it will be accepted. The overall goal is to eliminate surprises after the new executive is hired.
How to present your business plan to investorsPrajakt Raut
The document discusses how to present a business plan to investors. It notes that different types of investors invest at different stages, from angel investors for seed funding to venture capitalists and private equity firms for later growth stages. The key criteria investors look for are whether the market is large, if the product/service has potential to be dominant, and if the founding team can execute the plan. An effective presentation focuses on the business model, market opportunity, implementation strategy, team, and use of funds, keeping the first half for the pitch and second half for Q&A. Investors seek teams addressing big problems with clear plans to achieve milestones and profitability.
The Best Startup Investor Pitch Deck & How to Present to Angels & Venture Cap...J. Skyler Fernandes
Take the online video course on Udemy:
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-best-startup-investor-pitch-deck/?referralCode=A5ED0FBD65120A93A16E
3.5+hrs of video content, walking step by step each part of the pitch, with personal VC stories, examples, and advice.
The "Best" Startup Investor Pitch Deck is an aggregation of some of the best pitch decks and wisdom from some of the top angels, VCs, and entrepreneurs including my own person insight/experience. The slide deck includes a template for entrepreneurs to use to present to investors, with details on what should be addressed on each slide. There are also additional slides on how best to pitch to investors effectively, how to design and format slides, and what to do before the pitch.
For top-notch powerpoint presentations, you can hire me @
http://naveenvarthaan1987.elance.com.
Great startups don’t fund themselves. Raising money from investors for your startup is challenging at any stage and requires a great pitch, even for experienced founders with significant traction in their company.
With a top-notch powerpoint presentation , this task is no more a rocket-science.
The document provides an outline and recommendations for creating an effective investor pitch deck. It recommends including: (1) a visual title slide that conveys your vision and problem being solved, (2) data showing the problem and current solutions, (3) how your solution alleviates customer pain, (4) step-by-step explanation of how your product works, (5) facts and metrics demonstrating traction and progress, (6) details on the size of the market opportunity and target customers, (7) what makes your approach unique compared to competitors, (8) how you will generate revenue, (9) key financial numbers, (10) specifics on the funding request and use of funds, (11) biographies of
What 33 Successful Entrepreneurs Learned From FailureReferralCandy
Entrepreneurs encounter failure often. Successful entrepreneurs overcome failure and emerge wiser. We've taken 33 lessons about failure from Brian Honigman's article "33 Entrepreneurs Share Their Biggest Lessons Learned from Failure", illustrated them with statistics and a little story about entrepreneurship... in space!
Revenue Model PowerPoint Presentation SlidesSlideTeam
Document a plan of action to generate revenue for your business using Revenue Model PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Increase marketing ROI, sales productivity and growth with the help of revenue model PPT templates. Incorporate Revenue Model PPT slideshow to identify the areas of important to grow revenue. Make beneficial business decisions regarding financial planning by utilizing ready-to-use revenue generation complete presentation. This content-ready presentation covers topics like revenue streams, revenue model, expense model, revenue generation methods, revenue model, and more. Click the download button to get your hands on this ready-made professionally designed revenue model presentation slides and evaluate status of company’s revenue, discover the roadblocks and make beneficial business decisions. Choose the best course with our Revenue Model Powerpoint Presentation Slides. Give equal consideration to all angles.
This document provides tips and guidance for creating an effective startup pitch deck. It discusses the purpose of a pitch deck, sample deck structure and slide content, tips for each slide, common mistakes to avoid, and next steps after completing the deck. The overall goals are to get meetings with investors, move forward in the fundraising process, and ultimately raise capital. Building an effective pitch deck is positioned as an important exercise that will help founders articulate their opportunity and address key questions.
Lean startup, customer development, and the business model canvasgistinitiative
The document discusses key concepts in lean startup methodology, including building business models focused on customer development rather than business plans, developing minimum viable products to test hypotheses, and using an iterative build-measure-learn process. It provides examples of how startups should focus on building products that solve customer pains and create gains rather than features, and emphasizes conducting customer interviews to gather evidence and test hypotheses about the business model.
What investors are looking for in your pitch deck Infocrest
For raising money for your business, having an
impressive pitch deck is an essential component. A great pitch deck gets potential investors excited about your idea and
engages them in a conversation about your business,
hopefully leading to investment. What are the key elements investors are looking in your pitch deck? Here is the answer
A good pitch should do more than just say stuff about your business. It should present the compelling points briefly and in an order that is logical and engaging.
Presentation from Marc Phillips, Managing Partner of Arafura Ventures, and author of "Inside Silicon Valley: How the deals get done," with a slide-by-slide approach to developing your pitch deck -- using examples from real-life winning pitch decks.
Check out sample essential pitch deck slides for: .
- Mission/Vision
- Problem/Solution
- Market size
- IP
- Financial projections
- Management team
- and more!
Sponsored by Early Growth Financial Services and Cooley.
How To Avoid Sending Selfish "Just Checking In" Follow Up EmailsHubSpot
The document provides tips for avoiding generic "just checking in" follow up emails. It analyzes an example email, identifying four issues: 1) a generic opening with no personalization, 2) admitting to checking in with no value, 3) asking the recipient for information rather than providing it, and 4) a generic call to action rather than a specific next step. It then outlines five steps to send more valuable follow up emails: 1) determine the objective, 2) open with context, 3) clearly state the purpose, 4) provide value to the recipient, and 5) end with a clear next step. Examples are given for different types of follow up emails.
Andy Young discusses growth hacking strategies for startups. He defines growth hacking as experiment-driven marketing to achieve measurable, repeatable and scalable growth. Some key growth hacking tactics include SEO, content marketing, performance marketing, conversion optimization, viral loops and strategic pricing. He emphasizes the importance of testing ideas with customers pre-launch, focusing on key metrics, prioritizing high-impact areas of the customer funnel like top-of-funnel acquisition and bottom-of-funnel conversion and retention, and continually experimenting to optimize growth.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective elevator pitch. It explains that an elevator pitch is a brief argument for why someone or a company deserves attention, generates interest, and leads to further discussion. The document recommends including the problem, solution, customer value, business model, achievements, and a call to action. It provides templates and examples of elevator pitches. Key tips include making the audience care about you, trust you, and want more information in 30 seconds or less through a clear, jargon-free message focused on the listener's needs and goals. Effective delivery is also emphasized through practice and a passionate tone of voice.
This document provides guidance on how to create an effective business pitch. It recommends keeping the pitch to 10 slides that last no more than 20 minutes. Key slides should include outlining the problem, the proposed solution, the business model, any unique technology or aspects that provide a competitive advantage, the marketing and sales strategy, competitors, the team, financial projections and milestones, the current status and timeline, and a summary with a call to action. The pitch should be concise yet compelling in explaining the problem being solved, how the solution will address it, and what is being asked of the audience. Practice is emphasized to polish the pitch.
This document provides guidance on how to structure an investor presentation, including key sections to cover and how to frame each section. The sections discussed are: setting the table, opportunity size, problem, solution, how it works, competition, unit economics, early traction, go-to-market strategy, milestones, financing needs, team, and appendix. For each section, the document recommends focusing on one key point to convey and considering what investors are thinking to ensure addressing their concerns. The overall goal is to tell a compelling story about the problem being solved and why the company is well-positioned for success.
Customer Development 4: Customer Discovery Part 1Venture Hacks
This document discusses customer development and outlines its key steps and methodology. It begins with an agenda that includes discussing the WebVan case study, testing problems and product concepts with customers, and establishing a customer development team. The rest of the document provides details on the customer development process, which involves testing hypotheses with customers through iterative phases of discovery and validation over several months or years. It emphasizes the importance of listening to customers, testing problems and products, and modifying the process for each individual company's needs.
This document outlines the five stages of executive hiring: 1) Planning, 2) Working with Candidates, 3) Referencing Process, 4) Compensation Offer, and 5) Offer. It provides tips for each stage, such as developing a prioritized hiring list, taking control of the candidate process, conducting a "mini board meeting" for candidates to present their strategy, doing a 360 degree reference check process, addressing compensation expectations, and making the final offer only when confident it will be accepted. The overall goal is to eliminate surprises after the new executive is hired.
How to present your business plan to investorsPrajakt Raut
The document discusses how to present a business plan to investors. It notes that different types of investors invest at different stages, from angel investors for seed funding to venture capitalists and private equity firms for later growth stages. The key criteria investors look for are whether the market is large, if the product/service has potential to be dominant, and if the founding team can execute the plan. An effective presentation focuses on the business model, market opportunity, implementation strategy, team, and use of funds, keeping the first half for the pitch and second half for Q&A. Investors seek teams addressing big problems with clear plans to achieve milestones and profitability.
The Best Startup Investor Pitch Deck & How to Present to Angels & Venture Cap...J. Skyler Fernandes
Take the online video course on Udemy:
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-best-startup-investor-pitch-deck/?referralCode=A5ED0FBD65120A93A16E
3.5+hrs of video content, walking step by step each part of the pitch, with personal VC stories, examples, and advice.
The "Best" Startup Investor Pitch Deck is an aggregation of some of the best pitch decks and wisdom from some of the top angels, VCs, and entrepreneurs including my own person insight/experience. The slide deck includes a template for entrepreneurs to use to present to investors, with details on what should be addressed on each slide. There are also additional slides on how best to pitch to investors effectively, how to design and format slides, and what to do before the pitch.
For top-notch powerpoint presentations, you can hire me @
http://naveenvarthaan1987.elance.com.
Great startups don’t fund themselves. Raising money from investors for your startup is challenging at any stage and requires a great pitch, even for experienced founders with significant traction in their company.
With a top-notch powerpoint presentation , this task is no more a rocket-science.
The document provides an outline and recommendations for creating an effective investor pitch deck. It recommends including: (1) a visual title slide that conveys your vision and problem being solved, (2) data showing the problem and current solutions, (3) how your solution alleviates customer pain, (4) step-by-step explanation of how your product works, (5) facts and metrics demonstrating traction and progress, (6) details on the size of the market opportunity and target customers, (7) what makes your approach unique compared to competitors, (8) how you will generate revenue, (9) key financial numbers, (10) specifics on the funding request and use of funds, (11) biographies of
What 33 Successful Entrepreneurs Learned From FailureReferralCandy
Entrepreneurs encounter failure often. Successful entrepreneurs overcome failure and emerge wiser. We've taken 33 lessons about failure from Brian Honigman's article "33 Entrepreneurs Share Their Biggest Lessons Learned from Failure", illustrated them with statistics and a little story about entrepreneurship... in space!
Revenue Model PowerPoint Presentation SlidesSlideTeam
Document a plan of action to generate revenue for your business using Revenue Model PowerPoint Presentation Slides. Increase marketing ROI, sales productivity and growth with the help of revenue model PPT templates. Incorporate Revenue Model PPT slideshow to identify the areas of important to grow revenue. Make beneficial business decisions regarding financial planning by utilizing ready-to-use revenue generation complete presentation. This content-ready presentation covers topics like revenue streams, revenue model, expense model, revenue generation methods, revenue model, and more. Click the download button to get your hands on this ready-made professionally designed revenue model presentation slides and evaluate status of company’s revenue, discover the roadblocks and make beneficial business decisions. Choose the best course with our Revenue Model Powerpoint Presentation Slides. Give equal consideration to all angles.
This document provides tips and guidance for creating an effective startup pitch deck. It discusses the purpose of a pitch deck, sample deck structure and slide content, tips for each slide, common mistakes to avoid, and next steps after completing the deck. The overall goals are to get meetings with investors, move forward in the fundraising process, and ultimately raise capital. Building an effective pitch deck is positioned as an important exercise that will help founders articulate their opportunity and address key questions.
Lean startup, customer development, and the business model canvasgistinitiative
The document discusses key concepts in lean startup methodology, including building business models focused on customer development rather than business plans, developing minimum viable products to test hypotheses, and using an iterative build-measure-learn process. It provides examples of how startups should focus on building products that solve customer pains and create gains rather than features, and emphasizes conducting customer interviews to gather evidence and test hypotheses about the business model.
What investors are looking for in your pitch deck Infocrest
For raising money for your business, having an
impressive pitch deck is an essential component. A great pitch deck gets potential investors excited about your idea and
engages them in a conversation about your business,
hopefully leading to investment. What are the key elements investors are looking in your pitch deck? Here is the answer
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or making unfounded claims. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The goal is to grab investors' interest and get them excited to learn more without overwhelming them with too many details.
7 Fatal Pitch Deck Mistakes Scaring Away Investors - Don't Be A Little PitchBryce North
Ahh…rejected pitch decks. Having a hard time attracting investors or not sure how to get their attention? Don't waste another minute building investment presentations that are doomed to fail! This presentation is for anyone who has spent hours chasing investors that never close.
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For many of us, the feeling of inevitable doom when we start writing our investment strategy can be overwhelming. Just how much effort should we put into creating something that might just get shut down? Or worse, ignored. It all feels so defeating and before you know it, you are quickly running out of cash. Major heartburn.
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This document provides an outline and guidance for creating an effective investor pitch deck. It explains that the purpose of the deck is to excite investors about the company's vision and get them interested in learning more. The deck should tell a compelling story in 10-13 concise slides, following the 10/20/30 rule for slide design. Common mistakes to avoid include having too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, too many product or financial details, and making unfounded claims. The document then outlines the key sections an effective investor pitch deck should contain.
This document provides information on developing an effective business pitch. It defines different types of pitches, including elevator pitches lasting 1-1.5 minutes, rocket pitches for large audiences lasting 3-5 minutes, and longer pitch deck presentations of 30-35 minutes. Key recommendations for a successful pitch include having a compelling vision, telling a relevant story, knowing the audience, keeping it simple, backing claims with data, demonstrating passion and competence, and preparing financial details. The document also outlines elements that should be included in a 7-slide pitch deck, such as the problem, solution, team, market size, and call to action.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
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This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections to describe the problem being solved, product/service, business model, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The goal is to grab investor interest and excitement while leaving them wanting more information.
This document provides guidance on creating an effective investor pitch deck. It outlines common mistakes to avoid, such as including too many slides, wordy text-heavy slides, or false assumptions. The document recommends keeping the deck concise and telling a compelling story in 10-13 slides. It provides an outline for the pitch deck, including sections on the problem being solved, product/service, revenue model, team, financial projections, competition, and requesting investment. The purpose of the deck is to pique investors' interest and get them excited to learn more, rather than providing all the answers.
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3. HOW TO PITCH AN IDEA
What to do:
Prepare pitch deck.
Practise pitch.
Do some background check on
the panel of investors to know
their industry interests.
4. PITCH DECK
A pitch deck, also known as a slide deck or start-up deck, is a presentation that
provides a brief but informative overview of your idea/business. It should cover
the key points of your master/business plan, the products or services you seek
to provide, high-level financial projections and funding needs.
Your pitch deck should work well on its own as a visual document, but it will
primarily be used as a tool to tell the story of your idea/business.
5. PURPOSE OF A PITCH DECK
The goal of your pitch deck is not necessarily to raise money but the real goal is
to get to the next meeting. Remember, your pitch deck and pitch presentation
are probably some of the first things that an investor will see to learn more
about your idea. And because investments are rarely made after just one
meeting, your goal is to spark interest in your idea/business.
You want investors to ask for more after they hear your pitch and not just show
you to the door.
So, while a solid pitch deck is critical to raising money, the key goal of the deck
is to get to the next step; Another meeting and a request for more information.
6. 11 THINGS A GOOD PITCH DECK SHOULD HAVE
1. VALUE PROPOSITION
This is a quick one-sentence overview of your idea and the value that
you’re going to be providing to your users/customers. Keep it short and
simple. It’s common for people to make their value proposition a
comparison to another well-known company. For example, you see many
pitches that start with things like:
“We’re the Uber for Pets”
“We’re the Netflix for Video Games”
This can work, but make sure your comparison makes sense and you’re not
just using a high profile company like Uber to signify growth potential.
Your business model has to truly be similar to the company you are
referencing.
7. 2. THE PROBLEM
If you aren’t solving some problem in the world, you are going
to have a long uphill climb with your idea.
Begin your pitch with a compelling story. It should address the
problem you’re trying to solve in the marketplace or an
existing solution that you're trying to better. This will engage
your audience right out off the bat.
8. 3. YOUR SOLUTION
Share what’s unique about your idea/product/service and how
it will solve the issue you shared in the previous slide. Keep it
short, concise, and easy for the investor/panel to understand.
Avoid using buzzwords/technical words unless your investors
are very familiar with your industry. Most entrepreneurs are
very focused on their product when instead, they need to be
focused on their users/customers and the problems those
users/customers face.
9. 4. TARGET MARKET
Don’t say that everyone in the world is potentially your target market,
even if it could be true one day.
Be realistic about which category of people you’re building your product
for and break out your market into Total Available Market (TAM),
Serviceable Available Market (SAM), and Serviceable Obtainable Market
(SOM). This will not only impress your audience, but it will help you
think more strategically about your roll-out plan.
If you can, try and develop a user persona or your ideal customer when
speaking about your target market. This can help investors visualize the
potential customer base and show that you’ve intently thought about
who your business will serve. Target a specific demographic rather than
a broad demographic.
10. 5. REVENUE MODEL
Investors tend to care about this slide the most. How are
you going to make money and what's your pricing going to
be? Be very specific about your product/service pricing.
You can also reference the competitive landscape here and
discuss how your pricing fits into the larger market. Are you
a premium, high-price offering, or a budget offering that
undercuts existing solutions on the market?
11. 6. EARLY TRACTION AND MILESTONES
Early in the presentation, you want to build some credibility. Take some
time to share the relevant traction you’ve made. This is your opportunity
to blow your own horn. Impress the investors with what you and your
team have accomplished to date (sales, contracts, key hires, product
launches, and so on).
You’ve likely mentioned bits and pieces of this earlier on, but this is the
point where you create a full snapshot of your business. If you already
have sales or early adopters using your product, talk about that here.
Investors want to see that you have proven some aspect of your
idea/business model as that reduces risk, so any proof you have that
validates that your idea/solution works to solve the problem you have
identified is extremely powerful.
But don’t just leave it at what you’ve done, be sure to speak about
where you’re going. Show them a roadmap of next steps, additional
milestones and even mention how funding will help achieve them.
12. 7. CUSTOMER ACQUISITION: MARKETING AND SALES STRATEGY
This is usually one of the most skipped sections of an investor pitch.
How will you reach your customers? How much will it cost? How will you
measure success? You’ll want to detail the key tactics that you intend to
use to get your product in front of prospective customers.
Finding and winning customers can sometimes be the biggest challenge
for a startup, so it’s important to show that you have a solid grasp of
how you will reach your target market and what sales channels you plan
on using.
If your marketing and sales process is different than your competitors,
it’s important to highlight that here.
13. 8. YOUR TEAM
Investors invest in people first and ideas second, so be sure to share
details about your rock star team and why they are the right people to
execute this idea. Highlight the key team members, their successes at
other companies, and the key expertise that they bring to the table.
Also, be sure to share what skill-sets you may be missing on your team.
Most startup teams are missing some key talent, be it marketing,
management expertise, software development, sales, operations,
financial management and so on. Let them know that you know you
don’t know everything.
14. 9. FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS
Show what you’re projecting in revenue over the next 3 to 5 years. You’ll
see investors taking out their smartphone calculators to make sure your
numbers make sense, so give them the information they need to see
that your calculations are accurate.
Remember to try and be realistic. Investors see “hockey stick”
projections all the time and will mentally be cutting your projections in
half. If you can explain your growth based on traction you already have,
or compared to a similar company in a related industry, that is extremely
useful.
For your pitch deck, you shouldn’t have in-depth spreadsheets that will
be difficult to read. Limit yourself to charts that show a sales forecast
with customer segmentation, expected expenses and profits.
It can be incredibly easy to spend a ton of your time explaining
financials but keep in mind that you need to speak to them quickly.
15. 10. YOUR COMPETITION
Again, this is a very important part of your pitch, and many people omit
this section or don’t provide enough detail about why they’re so
different from their competitors.
Every business has competition in one form or another. Even if you are
opening up an entirely new market, your potential customers are using
alternative solutions to solve their problems today.
Describe how you fit into the competitive landscape and how you’re
different than the competitors and alternatives that are on the market
today. What key advantages do you have over the competition or is
there some “secret sauce” that you have that others don’t?
The key here is explaining how you are different than the other players
in the market and why customers will choose you.
16. 11. YOUR ASK
Clearly spell out how much money has already been invested in your
company, by whom, ownership percentages, and how much more you
need to go to the next level (and be clear about what level that is).
I said that this pitch deck isn’t about actually getting funded. That’s still
true, but your potential investors do need to know how much money
you are looking for.
More importantly, you need to be able to explain why you need the
amount of money you are asking for and how you plan on using the
money. Investors will want to know how their money is being used and
how it is going to help you achieve the goals you are setting out for
your business.
Remind the audience why your management team is capable of
managing their investment for growth. Tell investors how much you
need, why you need the money, what it will be used for, and the
intended outcome.
17. 4 ADD-ON SLIDES TO INCLUDE IN PITCH DECK
While you do want to keep your pitch deck short, sometimes you may
need or want to include a few extra slides that help explain your
business. You likely won’t utilize them when you present, but it can be a
great resource for investors to review after the pitch.
Here are a few additional slides that are often found in investor
presentations:
18. 1. EXIT STRATEGY
If you’re seeking a large sum of investment capital, most investors
will want to know what your exit strategy is. Are you planning on
getting acquired, going public, or something else? Show you’ve done
some due diligence on this exit strategy, including the companies
you’re targeting, and why it would make sense 3, 5 or 10 years down
the road.
19. 2. PARTNERSHIPS
Some businesses have key strategic partnerships that are critical to
their success. This can often be in the form of intellectual property
licensing from a university or a key distribution partner who will be
taking your product to market. If your success relies on these types of
partnerships, it’s important to showcase them.
20. 3. DEMOS AND SCREENSHOTS
If you have a prototype of your product, screenshots of your online
service, or any other “show and tell” opportunities, it’s great to
include a placeholder slide in your deck where you will actually
show your potential investors how your product works and what it
does.
21. 4. OTHER DOCUMENTATION
Keeping your pitch deck as short and succinct as possible is critical.
Remember, your goal isn’t to provide investors with all the information they
need to make an investment decision. Its primary purpose is to tell a story,
build excitement, and help get that all-important request for additional
information and a follow-up meeting.
In addition to your pitch deck, you should have more detailed, additional
information that you can provide if requested. Preparing these additional
documents can also help ensure that you don’t try and fill your presentation
with too much overwhelming information.
22. 9 IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE
1. KEEP THE PITCH SIMPLE
All entrepreneurs spend countless hours “in the weeds” thinking
about every last detail about their idea/business. But, for an investor
pitch, less information is better than too much. You want your slides
to be simple, convey high-level ideas, and leave room for questions.
Simple and straightforward presentations always do better than
detailed presentations full of bullets.
23. 2. SKIP THE BULLETS
Speaking of bullets, skip them. Slides full of bullet points are
boring and don’t help tell a story. Try and use large fonts and
limit the number of words on each slide. Use images wherever
possible to help tell your story and build an emotional
attachment to your ideas.
24. 3. TELL A STORY
Don’t just talk about the facts. Instead, focus on grabbing interest
and getting your audience excited. Your deck doesn’t need to be
the complete guide to your business. It just needs to generate
interest so you can move on to the next step.
One of the best ways to do that is to tell stories about how your
customers use your product, how they currently experience
problems that need to be solved, and how your idea will make
the lives of your customers better. The more you can tell stories
that investors can relate to, the more you’ll be able to build
excitement for your company.
25. 4. KEEP YOUR PRESENTATION SHORT
Make sure you have plenty of time for questions, demos, and
discussion about your business idea. If you have a one-hour
meeting, aim for your presentation to take 20 to 30 minutes.
26. 5. DON’T OVERSTATE YOUR MARKET OPPORTUNITY
Instead of top-down forecasts where you “only need to get 1% of
a huge market” to be successful, focus on bottom-up forecasts
where you detail your expectations for how you’re going to
acquire customers.
If you already have data on how an early version of your product
is selling, use those numbers to help drive the rest of your
forecast.
27. 6. ASK FOR THE MONEY
Yes, it’s a slide in the presentation deck above, but entrepreneurs
sometimes forget to ask for the money. When you ask, it’s very
important to be able to intelligently discuss how the money will
be used. Your detailed financial forecasts should also take an
influx of cash into account.
28. 7. KEEP YOUR DECK CURRENT
Fundraising takes time. You’ll likely pitch your company many,
many times before you get an investment.
Assuming you’re working to build your company while you pitch
to raise money, make sure that you keep your deck up-to-date
with your latest progress, roadmaps, and so on. There’s nothing
worse than presenting an out-of-date deck to potential investors.
29. 8. SEND YOUR DECK AS PDF
You’ll almost always be asked to either send your slides ahead of
time to investors or to leave a copy behind. If this happens, don’t
send PowerPoint or Keynote files. Instead, send a PDF. This means
that anyone who looks at the deck will see it as you intended with
your chosen fonts and styles.
Make sure your deck stands alone without your presentation.
Your pitch deck will always be better when you present it, but it
should ideally be able to tell some of your story without you
being there to tell it.
Investors might want to flip through the deck again after you’re
done with your presentation and it needs to have enough
content can stand alone and communicate some of your core
ideas.
30. 9. TAKE FEEDBACK AND REFINE YOUR PITCH
No matter the outcome of your pitch, whether you receive
funding, another meeting, or rejection, look for areas to improve.
Don’t be afraid to ask for feedback and take that into account for
the next time you pitch. Now if the investor isn’t willing to
provide any, don’t push the issue.
If you can, have another team member there to take notes and
review with them afterward. Look for weak-points, areas you
stumbled over, and slides that led to negative reactions from the
investor. Keep refining, practising, and executing even if you think
you’ve found the perfect pitch.
You’ll really never know how good your pitch is until you actually
do it. Don’t stress yourself out, and treat every investor pitch as a
learning experience for you and your business.
31. Developing your pitch deck is only the start of your business
planning journey. You’ll want to follow up on a successful investor
pitch with the necessary planning documentation to support your
presentation.
The following are just a few documents that you should have
prepared to send after you pitch:
4 DOCUMENTS TO HAVE PREPARED AFTER PITCHING
32. 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
An executive summary sometimes called a summary memo, is a
two-to-three-page overview of your business. It’s a document
that investors can share with their partners and others in their
firm to provide an overview of your business. Your executive
summary should cover what’s in your pitch deck but in written
form.
33. 2. TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
If you are starting a tech company or medical company, you may
be asked to provide some additional detail on your technology.
Investors in these types of companies will often want to vet your
technical claims with an expert, so providing more detailed
documentation, diagrams, workflows, and so on might be
important.
34. 3. DETAILED FINANCIAL MODELS
Any investor that’s seriously interested in your business will want
to see detailed financial forecasts for at least the next 3 years so
they can get an understanding of the underlying assumptions
that are driving your forecasts.
Investors will want to see your plans for hiring and employee-
related expenses, R&D expenses, manufacturing costs, marketing
expenses, and so on.
Be prepared to provide a detailed sales forecast, profit and loss
forecast, and cash flow forecast. A balance sheet is also often
required. Whenever possible, visually represent your data with
graphics. It’s proven to be more effective.
35. 4. DETAILED MARKET RESEARCH
You may be asked to provide more details on your target market
and the market research you’ve done to date. This isn’t always the
case, but if you have the information it’s a good idea to be ready
to present it in some format.
Again, this data shouldn’t be part of your initial pitch deck, but
instead should be ready if it’s asked for.