Founders and Fundraising

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. …

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…

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…

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…

When you’re an entrepreneur raising money for your startup  from angel investors or venture capitalists, the question that’s on your mind is, “How much equity should you give your investors?”  It’s a tough question to answer because angel investors and venture capitalists negotiate term sheets every day and you don’t. I’ve raised over $100 million…

Malcolm Gladwell, in his landmark book, “Blink”, explained how you only have 7 seven short seconds to make a connection with your audience or you lose their attention. Microsoft did a study showing attention spans are only 8 seconds. That’s it. That’s all the time you get. The point is you have a very short…