Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 12, 2021
The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. In fact, they are probably in such a hurry to give you money that they don’t want you to waste time writing anything down and passing it along to new investors.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Writing down key parameters will force you solidify the specifics, and mentally commit to them.
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Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 16, 2010
Ever had a meeting with a CEO who was really short with you, demanded the answer quickly and was fidgety while you spoke? For extroverted people I recommend that entrepreneurs have an “executive summary&# slide up front that cuts to the chase. Don’t dwell on this slide for ever. Drain in quickly. REALLY quickly.
InfoChachkie
OCTOBER 17, 2011
I do not often write blog entries which reference other blog articles. As he lowers his loupe for a moment and glances up from his slides, he suddenly notices a flash of brown amidst all the white outside his window. A UPS truck is pulling up in front of his studio. He isn’t expecting a package so curiosity tickles his frontal lobe.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
They cite sources like the BusinessWeek story, “ Real Entrepreneurs Don’t Write Business Plans ” and this Forbes article. The size of the document should be based on your style, but 10-20 pages or slides are usually more than adequate to outline even a complex business. Writing it down promotes both understanding and commitment.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 18, 2010
I’m a pretty natural public speaker so I can write my presentation the day before and do just fine. The first was to do a 5 minute “ignite&# presentation – 5 minutes, 15 slides. I did the outline of the 15 slides on the flight over (after a few beers). Internally I was a wreck.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. He built & IPOd Demand Media. And of course we have great public companies that have spanned content & communications like J2 Global whose market cap as of this writing is a cool $2.5
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