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Avoid Death By PowerPoint – Create Slides That Don’t Suck

InfoChachkie

As a venture capitalist, I am asked to provide feedback on a fair number of PowerPoint and Keynote slide decks. 9 Steps To Better Slides. Presentation slides serve two primary purposes. Presentation slides serve two primary purposes. One is to support a live presentation in which each slide is annotated verbally.

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How to Nail a Group Presentation

Both Sides of the Table

It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. I ask the conference organizer all the details I need to know: how many people will be in the audience? Show some energy!

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Bio Roundup: Cholesterol Check, J&J’s Opioid Hit, AbbVie’s Flop & More

Xconomy

But in Paris, this cardiologist will be in a conference center, walking an audience through a slide deck packed with Phase 3 data for a new cholesterol-lowering drug, inclisiran. You might be camping, barbecuing, or sleeping on Monday. It’s Labor Day, after all. Inclisiran’s owner, the Medicines Co.,

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How to Configure Your Startup Team

Both Sides of the Table

Ok, well not that pretty since I do my own slides and often at 1am. But my slides are linked above and you can also download from SlideShare. It’s all in this deck in a prettier format.

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A Full Breakdown of why Google+ gets a C- in User Experience

Tech Zulu Event

Last week, Google hosted their annual developer’s conference Google I/O , announcing some exciting new products and releases that will likely change the world in the few years to come. During the conference, many attendees focused on the question, “How does Google envision USERS to see Google+?”

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5 Strategies From The Military For Tackling Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Lead with your two-page executive summary, be prepared to give a ten-slide investor presentation. There you were ushered into a gorgeously appointed conference room for a precise amount of time with a serious-looking partner. Fully prepare for the assault. Don’t try to talk and demo your way up the hill.

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Here Are the Details About Upfront Ventures’ Newest EIR – @Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

Five-and-a-half years ago I first met Chamillionaire at a tech conference in LA. Chamillionaire has a way more refined sense of what customer behavior is like than most ivy league graduates with nice Powerpoint slides that I meet. I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences.