This document provides guidance on pitching to PVS Raju TiE Hyderabad Incubator. It recommends including 8-10 slides covering: introduction with company, product, value proposition and target market; team; opportunity and problem; solution; competition; business model; and request ("the ask"). Key points are to define the company in one sentence, identify talent, establish market need, demonstrate differentiation, identify competitors, explain revenue generation, and request the needed amount. The perfect pitch is recommended to sell rather than explain, tell a clear story with customer-focused use cases, include relevant metrics, and mind the time limit.

1. PVS Raju TiE Hyderabad Incubator
PITCH GUIDE

2. Introduction.
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Number of Slides – 8 to 10 is ideal.
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Attire: Business Casual.
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Arrival: 15 mins before the slot.
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Time: 10 minutes pitch, 5 mins Q&A.

3. What Slides to have?
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Introduction.
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Team.
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Opportunity.
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Solution.
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Competition.
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Business Model.
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The Ask.

4. Introduction
Tell Us:
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History of the company.
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Product in a single sentence.
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Core Value Proposition.
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Target Market.
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Unique benefit to customers.

5. Team
Tell Us:
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Education Background.
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Previous Experience.
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Prior Startup experience.
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Board of Advisors and Directors
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Future Hires

6. Opportunity
Tell Us:
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The Problem.
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Why does the Problem persist
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Market size and growth over time.

7. Solution
Tell Us:
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Your Solution.
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Validate your differentiation.
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What you currently have?
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Technology.

8. Competition
Tell Us:
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Your Competition.
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Provide a Competitor Analysis.
Reading on Competitor Analysis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitor_analysis

9. Business Model
Tell Us:
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How will you get customers ?
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How will you make money?
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How much will you make per customer
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What is the cost of providing the
service/product ?
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What is the cost of customer acquisition ?

10. Operations & Achievements
Tell Us:
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Pilot clients and revenues & operations
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Product/Service Status
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Press reports, references, web site
performance etc
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Any other achievements

11. The Ask
Tell Us:
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Financials, amounts of previous investments.
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Amount expecting from us.
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Milestones you will achieve in 6 months.

12. Key Points
Slides Key Objective
Introduction Define the company, business, service or product
in a single sentence.
Team Identity a core group of talent that can execute on
the next set of milestones.
Opportunity Establish the need for your company's solution and
the size of the market.
Solution Demonstrate how will solve the problem and
validate your differentiation.
Competition Identify your competitors.
Business Explain how will you generate revenue. Display
Model what you have accomplished to date and make
future forecasts.
The Ask Ask for what you need from us

13. Perfect Pitch
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Sell, Don't explain.
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Tell, a good ,easy and clear to explain story.
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Provide use cases keeping in mind the customer.
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Metrics matters.
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Mind the Time.