article thumbnail

What Should You Send a VC Before Your Meeting?

Both Sides of the Table

You can make it 8–12 pages and the Title Page can say “YourCo Teaser Deck” or “YourCo Company Backgrounder”) so that it’s clear this isn’t your full pitch deck if you want. You want to develop a “narrative” that holds the readers attention and helps shape the company into context. Compelling. A great meeting is a debate, not a pitch.

article thumbnail

I Know Everybody Told You to Send Your Fund-Raising Decks as a Link.

Both Sides of the Table

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. Your deck should be so good that a VC asks you for permission to show it to his or her portfolio companies.

Funding 239
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

This is going to be fairly specific to the company. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! More Reading Finally, if you are reading this, then you probably should be reading more about Startup IP ( Intellectual Property ) and definitely follow Jill Hubbard Bowman's IP Law for Startups.

Startup 211
article thumbnail

NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

This is going to be fairly specific to the company. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! More Reading Finally, if you are reading this, then you probably should be reading more about Startup IP ( Intellectual Property ) and definitely follow Jill Hubbard Bowman's IP Law for Startups.

Startup 198
article thumbnail

7 Pitching Tips to Help You Crush Your Next Investor Meeting

Tech.Co

Try to compile all the different types of questions you could be asked about your business, like technical details, financial assumptions and projections, marketing, IP, etc., Try to keep the presentation tight, 10 slides is ideal,” Gruber said. Also keep the slides clean and easy to read. and prepare a response. Less Is More.

Tips 70
article thumbnail

Great Entrepreneurs are Masters of Business Chaos

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t count on your IP to save you. You need to find ways to replenish these on a regular basis, and find your balance of pain versus rewards to keep your company vital. Even after you bring chaos under control, you face an ongoing challenge to avoid back-sliding. Employees stop innovating. System strategies.

article thumbnail

Can Your Startup Flourish Despite Business Chaos?

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t count on your IP to save you. You need to find ways to replenish these on a regular basis, and find your balance of pain versus rewards to keep your company vital. Even after you bring chaos under control, you face an ongoing challenge to avoid back-sliding. Employees stop innovating. System strategies.

Startup 100