The importance of the Pitch
Most startups have a great idea.
Most founders are passionate about their idea and their business
A majority of these startups and founders check their numbers, market size, competitors, value proposition, and more.
But sadly, there are still passionate founders with great ideas who miss out on investments and partnerships because their pitch is not up to what VCs, investors, and judges expect.
There are thousands of examples of amazing pitches and deck pitches online. Check them out. Next, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. Not once, not twice but a hundred times. At home. With friends. At Pitch fests, at hackathons and at contests. Otherwise, when your one chance to impress is finally there, you won't be ready.
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7 年Pierre, your article highlights an important subject. If we could teach the ‘soft skills’ of giving a pitch (body language, using tone to convey confidence, persuasion and negotiation) it would go a long way - the perfect scenario would be to start in schools.
To measure is to know
7 年Some more tips on the rehearse aspect - believe it or not, you'll probably have it down pat after about 10-12 rehearsals (full length, aloud). This is quite achievable and you'll probably be surprised by how well you know it after that. Because it needs to have sunk in deep to come off well when the pressure is on. The tip about doing it a hundred times makes sense I think when you are incorporating changes - as your idea materialises, as you zero in on the essence and as you gain feedback from deliveries, your pitch should evolve. In that case, expect half a dozen iterations of the 10-12 rehearsals before the pitch really starts to mature.
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7 年So true and so important well said