This document provides tips for pitching to venture capitalists (VCs). It advises knowing your audience by researching the VC and their interests. It also recommends knowing your business inside and out, being able to discuss all parts of the business model and address potential risks. The document outlines different levels of investment risks for different stages of funding. It emphasizes bringing potential risks to the forefront of the discussion and being prepared to address any objections the VC may raise.
All About Intellectual Property, the law, and some of the strategy and business considerations behind developing and leveraging intellectual property in business
All About Intellectual Property, the law, and some of the strategy and business considerations behind developing and leveraging intellectual property in business
Here we describe how to "think" mapreduce not just "code" mapreduce. We solve some interesting problems using mapreduce (e.g. how to compute similarity between all pair of documents on the web, how to do k-means clustering using map-reduce, and how to find cliques in a graph using map-reduce). These solutions are simple, elegant, and open up new ways for people to actually use mapreduce more than just simple number crunching.
"Surviving and Thriving Through Huge Growth" addresses how support organizations can maximize business growth, while containing and managing Operational Expenses and Headcount.
Looking for a new job? Don’t know where to start? In this presentation, you will learn some valuable tips for finding the job of your dreams, even in the toughest of times. Using a core concept of instructional design—the ADDIE method—you will learn how to develop a job finding strategy that sets you apart from the throngs of applicants out there in today’s market.
Speaker: Ray Simonson, CEO of COREWORX Inc.
More information including video: http://www.marsdd.com/Events/Event-Calendar/Ent101/2008/lived-it-lecture-12032008.html
Here we describe how to "think" mapreduce not just "code" mapreduce. We solve some interesting problems using mapreduce (e.g. how to compute similarity between all pair of documents on the web, how to do k-means clustering using map-reduce, and how to find cliques in a graph using map-reduce). These solutions are simple, elegant, and open up new ways for people to actually use mapreduce more than just simple number crunching.
"Surviving and Thriving Through Huge Growth" addresses how support organizations can maximize business growth, while containing and managing Operational Expenses and Headcount.
Looking for a new job? Don’t know where to start? In this presentation, you will learn some valuable tips for finding the job of your dreams, even in the toughest of times. Using a core concept of instructional design—the ADDIE method—you will learn how to develop a job finding strategy that sets you apart from the throngs of applicants out there in today’s market.
Speaker: Ray Simonson, CEO of COREWORX Inc.
More information including video: http://www.marsdd.com/Events/Event-Calendar/Ent101/2008/lived-it-lecture-12032008.html
10 Common Assumptions Entrepreneurs Make That Kill Their Ventures: De-Risking...Steve Barsh
Steve Barsh, a partner in DreamIt Ventures in Philadelphia, will be giving a very fast-paced, information-packed talk at IDC on 30 December. Steve will speak about the very common mistakes he sees many entrepreneurs make regarding assumptions in their business models, not realizing they are making assumptions, how those assumptions are often deadly, and most importantly, how to de-risk those assumptions in a very quick and capital-efficient manner.
If you are building out a business plan for a new venture, expanding an existing company, creating a new product, or meeting with VC investors to pitch for funding, this will be a presentation you won’t want to miss.
As well, Steve will be speaking briefly about DreamIt Ventures. DreamIt will once again be providing 12 teams with up to $30,000 in funding and will have the companies relocate for June – August 2009 to Philadelphia. During the 3 month program the teams will receive the DreamIt funding as well as: an experienced 1 on 1 mentor; office space with furniture and Internet connectivity; legal and accounting services from some of the best firms in Philadelphia; a weekly speaker series where expert speakers cover tricks and traps in marketing, technology, product development, software architecture, venture capital, etc.; and all of the software that Microsoft offers.
Steve’s talk will last for approximately 45 minutes with 15 minutes of Q&A.
Steve is a serial entrepreneur who has worked in high tech businesses for over 20 years. As well, Steve teaches part time in the Wharton MBA program, is a partner in DreamIt Ventures, and provides high-impact consulting and advisory work to help CEO’s build and expand great companies. To learn more about Steve click here. To learn more about DreamIt Ventures, click here.
A presentation on starting up and/or running your business in the lean times. Tips on personal branding, education, modeling, marketing and technology tools to help you stay under budget.
Presenting to an Investment Panel - CSUF Startup IncubatorTravis Lindsay
Learn from CSUF Entrepreneurship and CSUF Startup Incubator Director John Bradley Jackson how to give a winning investment pitch. And Director Jackson should know what makes for a good pitch not only due to his experience as an entrepreneurship professor but also as a partner in an investment firm.
Speaker: Veronika Litinski, MaRS Advisor
High tech entrepreneurs need 5 essential communication tools:
* the "elevator pitch"
* the executive summary
* the presentation
* the technical white paper
* the business plan
This lecture focuses on how to create them, and how to use them effectively to grow your business from an idea to a funded business plan.
Part of the CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series. For more information on this event, including video see http://www.marsdd.com/Events/Event-Calendar/Ent101/2009/written-tools-02112009.html
Speaker: Tony Redpath, MaRS Venture Group Advisor
More information on this event, including a webcast: http://www.marsdd.com/Events/Event-Calendar/Ent101/2008/written-tools-20080213.html
PR and Marketing in Times of Turmoil from Marketing Jam '09Austin AMA
At the Austin AMA Marketing Jam '09, strategic communications experts Stacy Armijo and Michael Russel of Pierpont Communications (www.piercom.com) addressed how to approach PR and Marketing in times of turmoil.
Interested in more marketing programs and networking? Visit the Austin American Marketing Association website (www.austinama.org) for coming events and the AMA blog (www.austinama.org/blog) to be a part of the conversation.
Slide Deck from 'Start-Up Law 101: Protecting Intellectual Property and Legal Strategy (Formerly: How to Run Your Startup
and Not Get Screwed by Lawyers)' at EntrepreneurTrek Mar 21 at Stanford GSB
Slide Deck from 'Start-Up Law 101: Protecting Intellectual Property and Legal Strategy (Formerly: How to Run Your Startup
and Not Get Screwed by Lawyers)' at EntrepreneurTrek Mar 21 at Stanford GSB
RMD24 | Debunking the non-endemic revenue myth Marvin Vacquier Droop | First ...BBPMedia1
Marvin neemt je in deze presentatie mee in de voordelen van non-endemic advertising op retail media netwerken. Hij brengt ook de uitdagingen in beeld die de markt op dit moment heeft op het gebied van retail media voor niet-leveranciers.
Retail media wordt gezien als het nieuwe advertising-medium en ook mediabureaus richten massaal retail media-afdelingen op. Merken die niet in de betreffende winkel liggen staan ook nog niet in de rij om op de retail media netwerken te adverteren. Marvin belicht de uitdagingen die er zijn om echt aansluiting te vinden op die markt van non-endemic advertising.
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𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐉 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬) is a professional event agency that includes experts in the event-organizing market in Vietnam, Korea, and ASEAN countries. We provide unlimited types of events from Music concerts, Fan meetings, and Culture festivals to Corporate events, Internal company events, Golf tournaments, MICE events, and Exhibitions.
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"𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬."
Implicitly or explicitly all competing businesses employ a strategy to select a mix
of marketing resources. Formulating such competitive strategies fundamentally
involves recognizing relationships between elements of the marketing mix (e.g.,
price and product quality), as well as assessing competitive and market conditions
(i.e., industry structure in the language of economics).
RMD24 | Retail media: hoe zet je dit in als je geen AH of Unilever bent? Heid...BBPMedia1
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2. Explore the sustainability implementation model, focusing on effective measures and reporting strategies to track and communicate sustainability efforts.
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1. Introduction and Key Concepts of Sustainability
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This PowerPoint presentation is only a small preview of our Toolkits. For more details, visit www.domontconsulting.com
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Steen Andersson
1. Know
Persuasion
Know
and
Your Your
Risk v
Audience
Business
Reward
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Presenter: Steen Andersson Co-Founder & Vice President 5thfinger
(steen.andersson@5thfinger.com)
2. Know Your Audience
• The pitch starts well before the meeting…
• Tim Draper’s Blog
• Try:
Getting introduction (not a cold call)
–
Research other similar investees of that VC
–
Research articles written by VC himself
–
Speak to colleagues of VC about the individual’s quot;
–
view on your type of business – develop objection management
– Understand the specific vs global hot buttons – network effect, etc.
5thfinger
3. Know
Persuasion
Know
and
Your Your
Risk v
Audience
Business
Reward
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5thfinger
4. Know Your Business
• Know more than the VC
• My good friend went to…
• Try:
– Finding a confident one liner on each direct and indirect competitor –
“XYZ is great at this but their platform is not gear to do this”quot;
“We just hired X from their sales team and we learnt Y”
– Be able to talk to all parts of your business model
– Understand and have a position on all the risk areas – have an elevator
pitch around the risks they will ask: “what are the key risks? ”
5thfinger
5. Know
Persuasion
Know
and
Your Your
Risk v
Audience
Business
Reward
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5thfinger
6. Risks vs Rewards and Persuasion
• Understand the risk profile & stage of the investor
Seed <$1M
–
Series A [5i] $5M (or now $500K?)
–
Series B $10M - $25M
–
Series C (Mezzanine) $X – growth
–
• Mantra: Bring Risks Forward
– Most entrepreneurs focus on building a business around what is easy
or what is working, without addressing the ‘hard’ questions. This a
big risk for investors. Burn lots of cash building a product before
realizing that the revenue model is flawed.
– Example – Genentech & Tom Perkins
5thfinger
7. Risks vs Rewards and Persuasion
• Key areas of risk for investor:
Area
I would hesitate raising funding Examples of how to bring
before…
forward risk
Having at least one reputable customer testimonial – Talk about the sales strategy moving forward
Sales & Marketing Strategy
Beta Ok.
(specifically) and how you will quickly know if there are
going to be any road smashes.
Having proven that the core challenges have been In the product dev plan, showing that any risks
Technology Risk
nailed.
remaining will be tackled upfront will win you points/
respect.
Find A grade people who you can motivate about your If you can test the team by giving them a very tough
Management Execution Risk
idea and have them agree (on paper ideally) to join you challenge up front and then supporting them to nail it,
once your funding is closed.
that will help give the VCs comfort that this risk is
minimized.
Speak to potential clients and get in writing their Get these customers to become paid customers as
Market Risk
interest in you product in development.
soon as possible.
Demonstrate that you understand the competitive Go up against these competitors on clients to find out
Competitors
landscape.
why they
5thfinger
8. Risks vs Rewards and Pursuasion
• Danger areas – pre-empt!
• List out ALL possible objections and have responses:
You can’t scale that! -> motivated partners, network effects
–
The technology is not protectable -> first to market & speed
–
The clients are hard to reach -> clever channel management
–
Your team is inexperienced -> brilliant with networks of support
–
• In business, I honestly believe its not what you say but
how you say it.
• This runs true with pitching, but VCs are too sharp for you
to bullshit. You need to speak with confidence and with
good material.
5thfinger