On Halloween Day 2017, I organized a pitching workshop for Hardstart Entrepreneurs, a startup incubator at the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands.
Pitching Workshop
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@AnandChowdharyFounder/CEO, Oswald FoundationIBM Global EntrepreneurEyeFocus Accelerator AlumSpeaker at TEDx, Facebook DevCFeatured in HuffPost, Tubantia,AngelHack, 10+ more publicationsCreaTe at the University of Twente© Arvind Singh — CC BY-SA 4.0
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Game. Set. Pitch.
Are all pitches thesame?Elevator pitch, short-form companypitch, long-form product pitch,hour-long investor pitch…© Keith Allison — CC BY-SA 2.0
Let’s talk about theShort-form pitch.How to wow your audience andmake it memorable.© Jonathan Velasquez — Unsplash License
Intrigue youraudience.Don’t tell them everything.© Drew Graham — Unsplash License
Introduce yourself.Keep it short and sweet.© Tim Napier — Unsplash License
What’s the problem?First you make them feel the pain.© Rob Schreckhise — Unsplash License
How are you solvingthe problem?Then make them see the light.© Diego PH — Unsplash License
KISSKeep it simple, silly.© Michał Grosicki — Unsplash License
Demo? Demo!If a picture is worth a thousandswords, a demo is worth a thousandpictures.© Ian Robinson — Unsplash License
How do you standout from yourcompetitors?What’s your key differentiator? Whyyou and not someone else?© Salvatore Ventura — Unsplash License
(How) will you makemoney?It’s okay not to have it all figuredout, but you should have someidea: it is SaaS? B2C? …?© Štefan Štefančík — Unsplash License
What’s the marketopportunity?How many people are in yourtarget audience? Why now?© Gianandrea Villa — Unsplash License
Who’s on your team?How many co-founders? What doyou they bring to the table?© Rawpixel — Unsplash License
Your slides shouldbe as great as yourproduct.“If you can't make it good, at leastmake it look good.” — Bill GatesI think that if it works great and if itfeels great, there’s no harm inmaking it beautiful.© Drew Graham — Unsplash License
Keep the energy up!Be memorable like Steve Ballmer.© Miriam Höschele — Unsplash License
Guy Kawasaki’s TheOnly 10 Slides YouNeed in a Pitch10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint: 10slides, 20 minutes, and contain nofont smaller than 30 points.© Victor Grigas — CC BY-SA 3.0
The Essentials1. Title2. Problem3. Solution/Secret Sauce4. Monetization/Go-to-market5. Competition6. Team7. Status/TimelineEdited for super early-stage© Marcos Luiz — Unsplash License
@AnandChowdharyTwitter, Facebook, Instagram,LinkedIn, GitHub, whatever.anandchowdhary.comchowdhary.designoswaldlabs.comSlides available on Speaker Deck© Arvind Singh — CC BY-SA 4.0
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