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You will hear about
1. Creating convincing and persuasive content
2. Telling your idea in a story
3. Packaging your value proposition
4. Gaining investors confidence
PITCHING TO WIN
“Every opportunity to pitch yourself, your product or service is one you want to win”
HOW TO PITCH
▸ Know your audience
▸ Back it up with a story
▹ Story format – Problem/Goal – Solution – Result
▸ Be laser focused
▸ Explain the following
▹ Product/Service
▹ Competition
▹ Unique selling proposition
▹ Target market
▹ Customer Acquisition plan
▹ Revenue model
▸ Make your slides visual aids for your audience
▸ Be wildly enthusiastic
▸ Anticipate questions and answer them ahead of time
▸ Practice, Practice, Practice – “Mamba mentality”
5
Types of Pitches and when to use them
▸ Twitter pitch – summarizes your whole idea in one punchy sentence
▹ Events
▸ Elevator pitch – short description of your company. Maximum of 30 seconds
▹ Follows Twitter pitch
▸ Competition pitch – Must be presented with a pitch deck. Maximum of 5mins.
▹ Hackathons
▸ Investor pitch - Must be presented with a detailed deck. Maximum of 10 slides
▹ Investors
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Common Mistakes
▸ Poor problem explanation
▸ Bad speaking
▸ Missing product highlights
▸ Too much detail
▸ Only one person knows how to pitch
▸ Memory lapse/freestyling
▸ Pitching for too long
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Where do I Start?
Start with WHY.
8
Focus and structure
70%
Prepare your
Content & Deck
9
Avoid the emotional roller-coaster
Excitement, Panic, Frustration, Resignation, Nerves, Relief
10%
Rehearse
delivery
20%
Decide your idea,
bounce it off a
stakeholder
Prepare for the
Questions
10
QUESTION THOUGHT-STARTERS
If you had more time, what would you focus on?
Impact-areas
What is the business value / opportunity of this app?
Your value proposition
If you do not win this pitch, what is your next plan for the app/idea?
Your resilient self
What was the inspiration of the idea A story about your WHY
App X is very similar. What makes yours unique?
Your WHY, Value proposition & CA
What will success look like to you Specific Metrics to measure
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Pitching To WIn

  • 3. 3 You will hear about 1. Creating convincing and persuasive content 2. Telling your idea in a story 3. Packaging your value proposition 4. Gaining investors confidence
  • 4. PITCHING TO WIN “Every opportunity to pitch yourself, your product or service is one you want to win”
  • 5. HOW TO PITCH ▸ Know your audience ▸ Back it up with a story ▹ Story format – Problem/Goal – Solution – Result ▸ Be laser focused ▸ Explain the following ▹ Product/Service ▹ Competition ▹ Unique selling proposition ▹ Target market ▹ Customer Acquisition plan ▹ Revenue model ▸ Make your slides visual aids for your audience ▸ Be wildly enthusiastic ▸ Anticipate questions and answer them ahead of time ▸ Practice, Practice, Practice – “Mamba mentality” 5
  • 6. Types of Pitches and when to use them ▸ Twitter pitch – summarizes your whole idea in one punchy sentence ▹ Events ▸ Elevator pitch – short description of your company. Maximum of 30 seconds ▹ Follows Twitter pitch ▸ Competition pitch – Must be presented with a pitch deck. Maximum of 5mins. ▹ Hackathons ▸ Investor pitch - Must be presented with a detailed deck. Maximum of 10 slides ▹ Investors 6
  • 7. Common Mistakes ▸ Poor problem explanation ▸ Bad speaking ▸ Missing product highlights ▸ Too much detail ▸ Only one person knows how to pitch ▸ Memory lapse/freestyling ▸ Pitching for too long 7
  • 8. Where do I Start? Start with WHY. 8
  • 9. Focus and structure 70% Prepare your Content & Deck 9 Avoid the emotional roller-coaster Excitement, Panic, Frustration, Resignation, Nerves, Relief 10% Rehearse delivery 20% Decide your idea, bounce it off a stakeholder
  • 10. Prepare for the Questions 10 QUESTION THOUGHT-STARTERS If you had more time, what would you focus on? Impact-areas What is the business value / opportunity of this app? Your value proposition If you do not win this pitch, what is your next plan for the app/idea? Your resilient self What was the inspiration of the idea A story about your WHY App X is very similar. What makes yours unique? Your WHY, Value proposition & CA What will success look like to you Specific Metrics to measure