Top 10 tips

“Pitch Perfect” - Top 10 Tips for a 10 Minute Pitch

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“Early Stage” Entrepreneurship Redefined

“Top Tips” Structure & Content

“Top Tips” Delivery & Polish

“Early Stage” Entrepreneurship Redefined

Entrepreneur –noun: A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business,usually with considerable initiative and risk.

“Early Stage” Entrepreneurship #1 - Seed

“Early Stage” Entrepreneurship #2 – Round A

“Early Stage” Entrepreneurship #2 – The “VC”

Entrepreneurship - NYC

Entrepreneurship – Road Warrior

Communications Group Boyer

Clients

Entrepreneurship – Road Warrior

Entrepreneurship – Home Again…

“If You Can Imagine it, You Can Achieve it; If You Can Dream it, You Can Become it.”

William Arthur Ward

Top Tips – Structure and Content

Communications Group Boyer

Top Tips – The Presentation ActionMap™

1) “Chunk” into 4 Sections – Then a 4 Point Agenda

2 ± 5 ± 2

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3 - 7

(3 works too)

Agenda Slide

The NeedChallenge/Problem

Proposed Solution Product Overview

Business PlanCurrent Status, Traction

Team , Biz Model, Market Analysis,

Go-to-Market, Competitive Analysis

Vision For FutureMilestones, Products, Funding

Requirements, ROI, etc.

Key Investment Merits

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2) The “Villain” – Make Them Feel The Pain

What is the Vital Ingredient in a Suspense/Thriller Film?

Agenda Slide

The VillainChallenge/Problem

Your Hero Product Overview

Your Hero’sCombat Strategy

Team , Model, Market Analysis, Go-to-Market,

Competitive Analysis

Your Hero’sNext Moves

Milestones, Products, Funding Requirements, ROI, etc.

Why Your AudienceWill Love Your Hero

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Heroes and Villains

Bad economy Changing demographics Time to market Competition

Rising commodity prices Waste in the system Popular rising cultural trend Missing a great opportunity

3) Know Your Audience’s Questions – Write for One

4) Don’t Data Dump! One Big Idea Per Slide

5) One Big Idea That Grandma Could Understand

If I don’t get it, It’s just not working!

“If You Can’t Explain it Simply, You Don’t Understand it Well Enough”

Albert Einstein

It’s All About Them!!!

Do Much More

In Less Space

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Top Tips – Delivery

6) Presentation = Conversation

7) Voice – Volume, Clarity, Pace, Musicality – Breathe!

8) Gestures – Talk with the Hands – Not the Feet

9) F.E.A.R

FaceEverythingAndRecover

10) Walk in the Room at Your Best

No Second Chance for a First Impression

Summary - Content

1) “Chunk” into 4 Sections Then a 4 Point Agenda

2) The “Villain” -Make Them Feel The Pain

3) Know Your Audience’s Questions - Write for One

4) Don’t Data Dump! One Big Idea Per Slide

5) One Big Idea That Grandma Could Understand

Summary - Delivery

6) Presentation = Conversation

7) Voice – Volume, Clarity, Pace, Musicality –

Breathe!

8) GesturesTalk with the Hands –

Not the Feet

9) F.E.A.R. = Face Everything and Recover

10) Walk in the Room at Your Best

Summary - Overall

“If You Can Imagine it, You Can Achieve it; If You Can Dream it, You Can Become it.”

William Arthur Ward

No Second Chance for a First Impression

It’s All About Them!!!

Thank You!For further information, please contact:

Donna AbrahamDonna@Dabraham.com

www.Dabraham.com

052-368-6802

Facebook Page:Donna Abraham Corporate Storyteller

http://il.linkedin.com/in/donnaabraham