pitching like a boss (bitspiration - krakow, poland - june 23rd, 2013)
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My slides from How To Pitch Investors Workshop at Bitspiration 2013 in Krakow, Poland. Startup pitching fundamentals. cc @bitspirationTRANSCRIPT
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PITCHING LIKE
A BOSSVITALY M. GOLOMBENTREPRENEUR, DESIGNER, SPEAKER
June 2013
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boss = confidence
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know your shit
www.golomb.net | @vitalygVITALY M. GOLOMBENTREPRENEUR, DESIGNER, SPEAKER
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Vitaly M. Golomb entrepreneur/designer
mentor/advisor
Founder/CEO
KYIV, UKRAINEKYIV, UKRAINE
DECEMBER 4-5, 2013DECEMBER 4-5, 2013
E U R O P E
V E N T U R E S U M M I T
E U R O P E
V E N T U R E S U M M I T
previously
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why/who are you pitching?
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what do you want them to do?
call to action
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90 second elevator pitch
get the meeting
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3 minute public pitch
stand outget the meeting
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20 minute presentation
get the deal
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content
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problem
OBVIOUS
WHO
EVIDENCE
PAINKILLER NOT VITAMIN
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CURRENT SOLUTION
COMPETITION
HARD, EXPENSIVE?
WHY DOES IT SUCK?
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your product/solution
different and better
improves your customers’ lives
faster, better, cheaper, or new
demo/screenshot
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market
big and growing
top-down via trusted research/source
bottom-up calculation
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businessmodel
how do you make money?
direct/indirect revenue
user acquisition
clear path to big $$$
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team/expertise
domain expertise
experience/track-record
unfair advantage
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traction/progress
accomplishments
how much money raised
up-right statistics
big partnership
next milestones
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ask for money get feedbackask for feedback get money
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can you introduce me?
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one pageexecutive summary
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one paragraphemail intro
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thanks foryour attention
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