Company name and logo and your name.

V1.8Template by Alan Hyman

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To the reader,I have been asked many time to help out with pitch presentations. Over time I have come to realize it would be great to have a template that I could give out. This PPT is that template.The following are slides that you can change and move around. The last several pages contain references, notes, further reading and other resources that may help you. Enjoy,Alan Hyman

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Business Overview (context setter)

• Tell a short story. • Set the stage

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Management Team

• Who is on the team and why?• Functions, etc.• Pictures are great

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The Problem

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Solution: What your product is and does

• What problem does the product solve?

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Your business model (How do you make money or get traction?)

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Your customers (Target Market: The customers you are planning to target)

• Target Market• How big is that market?

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How you are going to reach your customers (partnerships, channels and marketing)

• Marketing effort

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Your competition

• This is a hard one. You need to know this so the investor sees that you have done your research and you know the risks

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Why you are different, better and have something unique? (How are you solving this problem better than your competition?)

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Financials Overview 6months, 3-5years

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Funding history. How much you want to raise and how will you spend the funds?

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A review slide of the major points, or a great photo of the product

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FURTHER READING, REFERENCES AND OTHER INFORMATION

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Further Reading and Resources

1. http://www.slideshare.net/alanhyman/startup-pitch-deck-template-v16

2. What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know: An Insider Reveals How to Get Smart Funding for Your Billion Dollar Idea [Kindle Edition]Brian Cohen (Author), John Kador (Author)

3. http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/canvas 4. http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/downloads/business_

model_canvas_poster.pdf

5. http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneration_preview.pdf

6. The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company [Kindle Edition] Steve Blank (Author), Bob Dorf (Author)

7. The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses [Kindle Edition] Eric Ries (Author)

8. Steve Blank9. The Four Steps to the Epiphany Hardcover by Steve Blank (Author)10. http://fundersandfounders.com/

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Further Reading and Resources Cont.

1. http://www.entrepreneurship.org/Founders-School/Startups.aspx

2. http://www.entrepreneurship.org/Founders-School/Entrepreneurial-Selling/Sales-in-Context.aspx

3. http://www.austenallred.com/the-hackers-guide-to-getting-press/

4. http://www.seriesseed.com/5. http://www.slideshare.net/schlaf/raising-a-seed-round 6. http://files.meetup.com/1731388/20140227_NYEM%20See

d%20Fundraising_vPDFpre.pdf

7. https://www.trycelery.com/pr-guide-ebook

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