Summary: David S. Rose on pitching to VCs
So found this cool recommendation on Quora on list of must watch videos for Entrepreneurs. I am going to post bullet point from the talk
- Single most important thing while pitching to VCs: YOU!.
- 18mins ideal dropoff for VCs pitch.
- Integrity, Passion, Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Leadership, Commitment, Vision, Realism and Coachable are things that VCs look at.
- Garbing attention and taking VCs for an upward ride.
- The way to do this is: Preparation
- Good: Short, short bullet points
- Better: Just headline
- Best: Only images
- Structure of a Pitch
- Company Logo
- 30 sec elevator pitch
- 2 mins business overview
- Management Team
- Market
- Product
- Business Model
- Strategic Relationship
- Competition
- Barriers to Entry
- Financial Overview
- Use of Proceeds
- Capital & Valuation
Some more tips
- Use remote
- Handouts are not presentations
- Dont read you speech
- Never ever look at your screen
