Learn how to grab investors’ attention with great stories. In this session, we discuss how to build and deliver an effective pitch to help you find financing for your venture or to sell your product to customers. We cover the essentials of a strong pitch deck and identify the elements of good communication that successful startups use. Key topics covered: Pitch deck, storytelling, presenting

1. Entrepreneurship 101
The Pitch

2. #ENT101

3. OUR
COMPANIES
HAVE
BEEN
ACQUIRED
BY:
$525M
IN
FOLLOW
ON
FINANCING
2007
FOUNDED
(PROVINCE
OF
ONTARIO)
$61.5M
AUM
13
EXITS
120+
COMPANIES
#ENT101

4. Map
Your
Journey
Model
Market
Growing
Your
Business
Money
The
Pitch
Lived
It
Lectures
Meet
the
Entrepreneurs
#ENT101

5. Investors don’t invest in businesses.
They invest in stories about businesses.
-­‐ VentureHacks

6. The Art of Storytelling

8. #ENT101

9. “We have no compeGtors”

10. Financial projecGons
#ENT101

11. 4. TracGon
1. Team
2. Technology
3. Timing
The 4 T’s

12. 4. TracGon
1. Team
2. Technology
3. Timing
Lance
Laking
Investment
Director,
MaRS
IAF
llaking@marsdd.com
#ENT101
THANK YOU