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By: El Hadji Beye

El Hadji Beye — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:52:38 +0000

Thanks for the article,

It is good to hear how to present the deal to investors (especially the market and customers portion of it) as we strive to deliver the message in a few words concisely.

From my experience, I noticed that investors are actually very knowledgeable at perceiving potential problems early during the delivery of the pitch…so it is essential to be ready to answer the questions they have immediately after the pitch, I think that is what is really helpful in winning a deal.

Overall, the experience of pitching has allowed us to vastly improve our business plan and sharpened our presenting skills (public speaking skills improved).

Thanks

El Hadji Beye
Performance Consultants

By: metarand

metarand — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:05:37 +0000

Great points Tim! The analogy for the anologies section stems from the movie/publishing industry where a movie is often pitched as x movie + y movie, or actor a meets movie c. it’s shorthand, and as such needs to be carefully thought through to, as you point out, avoid misconceptions.

By: Tim Bull

Tim Bull — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:19:11 +0000

Thanks Rand for these – as someone who has been actively involved in pitching to Angels and VCs over the last couple of months in the US, I think that the FAQs you’ve outlined are excellent.

My advice to any entrepreneurs out there is make sure you have the Market / Customers section nailed, especially if you are in a competitive market place, or adjacent to one.

I’d also like to comment on the analogies piece. This is very powerful, but you also have to be extremely careful. We suffered for a while because while we thought we knew what our analogy meant, investors were actually adding 2 + 2 and getting a different answer which wasted valuable time clearing up misconceptions.