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Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 3, 2023
Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan. It allows all members of your team, including marketing, support, and sales, to size and build the business plan processes they need to find customers, deliver, and maintain grow the business.
InfoChachkie
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
Most sophisticated investors ignore them, focusing their attention on an entrepreneur's pitch and presentation materials, financial forecast and executive summary. As such, the primary goal of your executive summary is to open the door to an in-person meeting. Entrepreneurs routinely seek my advice regarding their executive summaries.
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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 31, 2020
Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan. It allows all members of your team, including marketing, support, and sales, to size and build the business plan processes they need to find customers, deliver, and maintain grow the business.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 2, 2021
As a business advisor, I have to recommend even to established companies that they review and revamp their competitive strategy now, even if it appears to be working today. The real challenge is to win massive consumer preference repeatedly. Find funders who seek long-term returns. Money-making is different in the digital age.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 31, 2015
Here are the most common elevator pitch missteps I see often as an angel investor and advisor to startups, with some quick advice on how to address each: Insist on leading with the story of the company. Skip the sales pitch and avoid preaching. You don’t have time for any story at this point. Build up for the punch line at the end.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 18, 2014
Serious investors, on the other hand, look for a professional business plan or summary first, and hardly ever look at the product plan. It allows all members of your team, including marketing, support, and sales, to size and build the business plan processes they need to find customers, deliver, and maintain grow the business.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 26, 2012
The elevator pitch should be the first few paragraphs of your business plan, your executive summary, your investor presentation, and the first page of your web site. For example, “I just patented a new cell-phone technology that will double battery life for half the cost. A good elevator pitch is not just for an elevator discussion.
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