How to pitch your startup idea
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The document provides tips for creating an effective pitch for a business idea, recommending focusing on the vision, the problem and opportunity, the proposed solution, the size of the target market, the business model, competition, distribution strategy, traction achieved so far, the founding team, and the requested investment amount over 10 slides in a 20 minute presentation using 30 point font. It advises addressing these 10 key areas in the pitch and avoiding common mistakes like including too many details too soon, using videos, claiming no competitors, or not knowing important metrics.
How to pitch your startup idea
- 1. how to pitch your idea ceci n’est pas un pitch
- 2. me eventbrite portugal ventures founded 4 startups - sf, nyc, madrid, são paulo
- 3. 10 - 20 - 30 10 slides 20 minutes 30 point font
- 4. do not ABC create scarcity set the frame, then tell your story read your audience
- 5. your elevator pitch sucks! an elevator pitch for your elevator pitch
- 7. 2. problem and opportunity big pain, big opportunity
- 8. 3. solution unfair advantage demo no videos!
- 9. 4. market size what is it? how big? how does it trend?
- 10. 5. business model unit metrics know your numbers direct vs indirect ditch 5-year business plan
- 11. 6. competition there is always competition 2:2 matrix
- 12. 7. distribution strategy all startups have a product successful startups have a distribution strategy
- 13. distribution channels Content SEO Ads - SEM or Display Offline Ads PR Publicity Stunts Email marketing Sales & Business Development Affiliate Programs Engineering as Marketing Existing Platforms Tradeshows Offline Events & Speaking Community Building
- 15. 9. team why you? why now?
- 16. 10. investment how much? what terms? to do what for how long? past investors
- 17. in summary 1. elevator pitch 2. problem 3. solution 4. market 5. business model 6. competition 7. distribution 8. traction 9. team 10. investment
- 18. common mistakes too much detail, too soon videos you have no competitors not knowing your numbers
- 19. questions?