Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Be sure to net out the opportunity and the solution in the first thirty seconds. In my experience as an angel investor, the perfect pitch length is ten slides, outlining the business problem, your solution, opportunity sizing, competition, and financial projections for the next five years. Make it light, but factual.

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Ideas Slides Sample Examples 126

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I put up this slide as part of my discussion. ” It goes like this: What is your net burn rate? One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. What is your cash balance?

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Venture Capital Slides Capital Funding 150

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2014

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Startup Writing Slides 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2015

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Slides 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2018

Net out the problem and your solution in the first 30 seconds. A perfect size is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff. Executive summary glossy. Investor and strategic partner pitch.

Startup 65

Startup Entrepreneur Slides Content 65

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Even investors and experienced founders are caught in the same net as recently educated graduates looking to build companies. Slide taken from MorganLewis Immigration presentation. Take the U.S. category E visa for investors as a prime example of the recent troubles. Requires an employer.

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Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2016

People are even talking about “decacorns" -- investable companies with net worth now exceeding $10 billion -- like Dropbox and Pinterest. After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence.

Startup 57

Startup Software Review Equity Invest 57

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There is an exemption from the requirements that these investors be accredited with net worth or income minimums to qualify legally to invest in your company. You will have to hone your story well, down to fifteen minutes and perhaps fifteen slides in your presentation. We’ll call these “inside angels.”

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Equity Technical Review Class Organization 156

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2013

It’s easy to forget that your new office rent asks for first, last, and security; new utilities require an escrow account; and new vendors want immediate payment for the first couple of months, before they offer the normal net 30 terms. They pay just the smallest bills and let the rest slide. Then there are the Founders that overreact.

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Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 114

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2016

It’s easy to forget that your new office rent asks for first, last, and security; new utilities require an escrow account; and new vendors want immediate payment for the first couple of months, before they offer the normal net 30 terms. They pay just the smallest bills and let the rest slide. Then there are the founders that overreact.

Startup 64

Startup Sales Layoffs Slides 64