The pitch1. the pain you are solving,2. how you solved it,3. and your value to customers

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3 Most Important Points of a Pitch by Rick Segal - http://timothyli.wordpress.com/2006/03/07/what-to-expect-when-you-test-out-your-bb-gun/

1. Company Title Slide2. Business Overview3. Management Team4. Market5. Product6. Business Model7. Customers8. Strategic Relationships9. Competition10. Barriers to Entry11. Financial Overview12. Use of Proceeds13. Capital & Valuation14. Review15. Contact Info/Next Steps

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Pitch Perfect

David Rose, founding chairman of New York Angels, in Business Week http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951444.htm

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Leila BoujnaneIdée Inc.http://hyperbio.net/http://ideeinc.com/lboujnane@ideeinc.com

David CrowMicrosoft Canadahttp://davidcrow.ca/david@davidcrow.ca

Resources• Presentations

– Presentation Zen - http://www.presentationzen.com/– Beyond Bullet Points - http://www.beyondbullets.com/– The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint - http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint

• Pitching– The Pitch Coach - http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_38/b3951444.htm

• Demoing– How to be a DEMOgod - http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/how_to_be_a_dem.html– Demoing Software for Fun & Profit -

http://www.scripting.com/davenet/1995/01/04/demoingsoftwareforfunprofi.html – How to Demo Software - http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/11/16.html

• Example Demos– DabbleDB 8 Minute Demo - http://dabbledb.com/demo/– DEMOgod Awards - http://www.demo.com/demonstrators/demogods.html– Douglas Engelbart, The Mother of All Demos - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

• Business Plan– Guide to a good venture pitch - http://www.slideshare.net/arey_abhishek/guide-to-a-good-venture-pitch/– Twenty page venture pitch - http://www.slideshare.net/cape/index-fowa– Business plans – What goes in there? - http://technosailor.com/2007/03/14/business-plan-series-part-1-framing-

your-plan/