Tag: pitching
How NOT to Pitch an Investor
by Chris on Aug.20, 2009, under Entrepreneurs, Venture Investing
Great post here from Mark Cuban on how NOT to pitch a prospective investor. Bottom line: be simple, be direct, be on point, and no grandiose puffery bullshit.
Meeting and Pitching VCs
by Chris on Mar.26, 2009, under Entrepreneurs, Venture Investing
Wilson Sonsini’s Winter 2008 Entrepreneurs Report is out, and two items in particular are worth a read for entrepreneurs, and both are by bloggers in my blogroll.
The first is “Perfecting Your Pitch” by noted early-stage investor and Foundry Group co-founder Brad Feld. The second is “How Do I Get Meetings With Investors?” by Babak Nivi and Naval Ravikant, who are the guys behind Venture Hacks.
Two more related thoughts while I’m on the subject. First, the Venture Hacks guys recently published a book called Pitching Hacks; I have read a number of excerpts and it looks like good stuff, so I plan to pick up a copy soon.
Second, VC big boy Sequoia Capital has a good overview of what should be in your business plan and your slide deck (and, by inference, what should not be). This is a good reference for understanding precisely what information investors want to know about your company. Less, and you are not getting the job done. More, and the good stuff gets lost in the weeds, and you look like you don’t know how to focus on what is important.
