Learn how to grab investors’ attention with great stories. In this session, we discuss how to build and deliver an effective pitch to help you find financing for your venture or to sell your product to customers. We cover the essentials of a strong pitch deck and identify the elements of good communication that successful startups use. Key topics covered: Pitch deck, storytelling, presenting

1. Golden Venture Partners:
How-­‐to pitch a VC

2. About Golden Venture Partners
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• Seed
Stage
Investment
Fund
-­‐ Mobile
focused,
early
stage
investors
-­‐ North
America
focus
-­‐ Entrepreneur
first
approach
-­‐ Investor
in
Wa@pad,
Yesware,
Joist
• Ma0
Golden
-­‐ Reformed
lawyer
-­‐ Entrepreneur
&
Operator
(Tira
Wireless)
-­‐ VC
in
three
different
funds

3. Co-­‐Investor Syndicates
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4. Overview
• Context
• How
to
keep
a
VC
engaged
and
a@enPve
• Content
• The
key
building
blocks
of
a
great
pitch
• Common
Mistakes
• What
not
to
do
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5. Capture a VC’s aAenBon early and oCen
• How
has
the
world
changed?
-­‐ IdenPfy
the
market
condiPons
giving
rise
to
the
opportunity
• What
does
your
company
do?
-­‐ In
two
sentences
or
less
• What
makes
you
great?
-­‐ Talk
about
your
killer
product/team/
KPI’s
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6. Building blocks of a pitch
• Different
VC’s
will
focus
on
different
elements,
but
a
good
pitch
will
address
each
of
the
following
items
-­‐ Pain
-­‐ SoluPon
-­‐ Market
Size
-­‐ Go
to
Market
-­‐ Financials/Unit
Economics
-­‐ CompePPon
-­‐ Team
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7. Common mistakes
• Not
knowing
your
audience
-­‐ Who
are
you
pitching?
Why
are
they
the
right
investor
for
you?
• Asking
lazy
quesLons
-­‐ Don’t
ask
quesPons
that
a
quick
Google
search
can
answer
for
you
• Pitching
without
passion
-­‐ If
you
can’t
get
excited
about
your
company,
why
should
I?
• Arriving
right
on
Lme
-­‐ Arrive
five
minutes
early;
don’t
forget
to
build
in
Pme
for
setup
and
intro’s
• Discussing
exit
strategy
-­‐ Tell
me
how
you
will
build
a
massive
company,
not
how
you
plan
to
sell
one.
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8. Contact
-­‐
@ma@goldenvp
-­‐
info@goldenvp.com
Thank you