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Venture Capital

Presented by:John M. Freeborn

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2015

On Behalf of:

OneMinuteTo Get ItRight!

Venture Capital

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PitchYour

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UndividedAttention

For5 Minutes…

What Are You

GoingTo

Say???

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WhereMost

ProjectsDie!

Success Defined

What People Think it Looks Like

What It Really Looks Like

Have You Done YourHomework?

Where Are You NowIn Biz Evolution?

How Do You Make Money?

Market Analysis?

Use of Funds?

Strengths?Weaknesses?Opportunity?

Threats?

What if YouDon’t Take Your

Your idea toMarket?

MyMoney

YourBusiness

What’s In It For Me?

How Do We Work Together?

Time to GetYour

Pitch On!

1. Your Attention Grabber. One simple sentence on what your company does and why customers, and therefore investors, should be interested.2. The problem. Your solution to the problem.3. How your approach is meaningfully and defensibly different from competition.4. Your team.5. Your target market, its size and its growth prospects.6. How you will make money. And by when.7. Your target customers and how you will attract and retain them.8. Your progress. Any meaningful, quantifiable traction?9. How much are you raising?10. What are you going to do with the money?11. Your memorable closing sentence that ties it all together.

Time to Get Your Pitch On!

What if the Answer

isNo?