PITCH
ADVICE
BY @WAXZCE
Quentin ADAM from the Clever Cloud
@waxzce on twitter – github- soundcloud – instagram ….
WHO AM I ?
MY DAY TO DAY WORK :
CLEVER CLOUD, MAKE YOUR
APP RUN ALL THE TIME
And learn a lot of things about your code, apps, and good/bad design…
KEEP YOUR APPS ONLINE. MADE WITH
NODE.JS, SCALA, JAVA, RUBY, PHP,
PYTHON, GO OR DOCKER…
AND LEARN A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT
YOUR CODE, APPS, AND GOOD/BAD
DESIGN…
And why we do it ?
WHAT IS A PITCH ?
NOBODY IS
IN YOUR
MIND
SHARE THE
VISION
BE CLEAR ABOUT THE BUSINESS
FOCUS ON CONVERGENCE OF
INTEREST
GOAL : PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND
THEY WILL CALL YOU BACK
ABOUT THE CONTENT
DO NOT SPEAK
ABOUT DETAILS
Hurt & bad = the problem we have to fix
THE WORLD IS SICK
WE CAN HEAL THE WORLD
WE CAN MAKE $ TO DO THAT
WHY WE ARE THE BEST TO DO THAT &
COMPANY ASSETS
THE FIRST SLIDE IS NOT A
ONE SENTENCE PITCH
YOUR ENEMY IS THE
SMARTPHONE OF THE AUDIENCE
HOW TO MAKE THE
SHOW?
IT’S A ONE MAN JOB
IF YOU’RE NOT KILLER DESIGNER
JUST USE SIMPLE BASIC
POWERPOINT THEME
1 PICTURE +
140 CHARACTER = 1 TWEET
LIST IS A SHITTY WAY TO BE
UNDERSTAND
EXAMPLE :
WE HAVE A LOT OF COOL
FEATURES
• We are able to solve problems
• We ride unicorns
• Our team is swimming with dolphin
• This product is f*cking awesome
• Did you know you are reading something really boring
• There is a men on stage speaking, listen him
• Please, do not focus on the text
• So we agree on this point
• It’s really a bad idea to put all this text on a slide
• Painful for the audience and bad for listing
EXAMPLE :
WE HAVE A
LOT OF COOL
FEATURES
TRY AGAIN
WE ARE ABLE TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS
OUR TEAM
IS
SWIMMIN
G WITH
DOLPHIN
THIS PRODUCT IS F*CKING
AWESOME
NUMBERS ARE YOUR
ENEMIES
SHOW A VISUALIZATION OF
NUMBERS
YOU HAVE TO SHOW YOUR KPI AND
VANITY METRICS
BUILD YOUR OWN STYLE
You have to endorse what you put on stage
DIRECT YOUR
ATTENTION AT THE
AUDIENCE
BE READY & TRAINED
BE CONVINCED ABOUT YOUR PROJECT
& PITCH
YOU’RE DOING GREAT WORK
YOU ARE
READY TO
ENGAGE YOUR
ELEVATOR
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on twitter