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How Square’s Pitch Deck Can Help You Raise Money
Square’s pitch deck is one of the more interesting investor pitch decks available online. So, the question is what lessons can you apply to your pitch deck based on the Square’s pitch deck? In today’s video, I’ll break down Square’s pitch deck presentation, slide by slide, so you can improve your investment pitch deck structure. …
Read MoreThe Secret To Presenting Your Pitch Deck Financials
There’s a right way and a wrong way to show your pitch deck financials when you pitch investors. The problem is that just about every entrepreneur presents their financial slide incorrectly. If you present your pitch deck financial slide incorrectly, the result is a lost opportunity for you, the CEO, to improve your chances of…
Read MoreThe Right Way For You To Handle A Competitive Threat
When I worked at Maxim Integrated Products, we used to have our planning meetings over at the Peppermill restaurant in Cupertino. I think it’s gone now, but it was a great venue for us to meet at. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] The Peppermill was great because,…
Read MoreHandling The Bad Days Is Key To Your Success
“As you know, Brett presented to my partnership at ‘Donald Ventures’,” “Raul” said to myself and the other board members at our board meeting. “And the meeting went horribly. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] “None of my partners believes we should continue supporting the company,” Raul said,…
Read MoreThe Slide To Add To Your Pitch…
No One Tells You About There’s one slide that you should add to your pitch deck that no one tells you about. But, when you add it to your deck, it shows potential investors that you: Are Transparent Know the market and the competition Know your strengths and weaknesses You’ll be a great CEO to…
Read MoreWhat Should Your Startup’s Sick Policy Be?
“When you’re sick stay home. When you’re healthy come to work.” That was the sick policy I had at my company. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] I didn’t ask my employees to fill out any paperwork. I didn’t have a maximum amount of sick days. And, for the…
Read MoreHow Do You Prepare A Cash Flow Forecast?
Before I launched my startup, I built an elaborate Excel spreadsheet to forecast how our company would grow. The spreadsheet had tabs for headcount, revenue by product, gross margin, rent, and cashflow. [Do you want to grow your business? Maybe I can help. Click here.] At the heart of the model, was the product revenue…
Read More10 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Investor Pitch
I watched the CEO start his pitch, and, within 10 seconds, I knew he wasn’t going to get the partnership’s funding. You see, the CEO had committed one of the 10 mistakes that will kill your investor pitch. Raising angel funding or venture capital funding is hard. So, the last thing you want to do…
Read MoreHow Do You Fire Your Co-Founder?
I was on edge. I couldn’t sleep. I hated going to the office. That’s how I felt before I took the necessary step of firing my co-founder. Unfortunately, over 50% of co-founder conflicts can not be resolved. I’ve built several businesses to greater than $100 million/year in revenue. And, I’ve helped many startup CEOs successfully…
Read MoreHow Do You Build An Innovative Startup?
James Carville, Bill Clinton’s chief strategist when Clinton ran for president in 1992 famously described their pitch to voters in one simple phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Clinton and Carville’s relentless focus on the economy. Clinton’s opponent, President George Bush, didn’t focus on the economy and he paid the price, losing to Clinton. [Do you…
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