No matter how awesome you and your company might be, there are too many constraints for a successful Presentation. Learn these 5 Presentation tips to beat your competition while pitching to a VC.

1. PRESENTATION
TIPS
5
TO BEAT
YOUR
COMPETITION

2. According
to the small
business administration,
venture capitalists reject
of pitches
they hear
99%

3. THIS CAN
BE FOR
MANY
REASONS
Mismatched market opportunity
Often other competition looking
for the same startup funds
Lack of interest

4. THIS PUTS EVEN
MORE PRESSURE
ON YOU TO GET
YOUR PRESENTATION
JUST RIGHT &
ARTICULATE YOUR
COMPANY’S VALUE
IN JUST A FEW SHORT
MINUTES

5. HERE
ARE 5
PRESENTATION
TIPS TO BEAT
YOUR
COMPETITION

6. 1 KNOW YOUR
AUDIENCE
You may already know
who your prospective
customers are and why
they would be
interested in your
service or product,
but a VC audience
is very different

7. A VC
Wants to know
IF YOUR COMPANY
WILL ADD VALUE
TO THEIR
AUDIENCE
PORTFOLIO

8. SO, BE SURE
TO KNOW THE
SPECIFIC VC
YOU’LL BE
PRESENTING TO
LEARN
ABOUT
Funding track record
& Personal goals
AS MUCH
THEIR
AS YOU
CAN

9. DON’T WASTE2 TIME
You may only have 10
minutes to present
your case and you don’t
want to spend the
entire time clarifying
any confusion regarding
your deck layout

10. THROUGH
THINK
YOUR PITCH
BEFORE
CREATING
YOUR DECK
to avoid any
confusion

11. THE RIGHT IMAGERY
CAN HELP YOU
SAVE TIME BY
saying in seconds
WHAT WOULD
HAVE TAKEN YOU
MINUTES TO
VERBALLY CONVEY

12. SIMPLIFY YOUR3 MESSAGE
No matter how
complex your
product or
service might be,
you’ve got to
simplify your
message

13. COME UP WITH
ONE POWERFUL
OPENING
SENTENCE THAT
YOU’LL USE
TO START YOUR
PRESENTATION
This sentence
should encapsulate
who you are, what
your product is, and
why it’s useful to
the masses

14. RememberVCS HEAR NUMEROUS
PRESENTATIONS ON ANY
GIVEN DAY AND IT’S HARD
FOR THEM TO REMEMBER
EVERY FOUNDING TEAM
Help your team be
memorable by simplifying
your message

15. DEMONSTRATE A4 STRONG PRODUCT
MARKET FIT
In order to hand over
large sums of cash,
VCs have to feel
confident a company
has the potential to
grow and thrive

16. THE BEST
WAY TO
INSTILL
THIS
CONFIDENCE?
DEMONSTRATE A
STRONG PRODUCT
MARKET FIT BY
COMMUNICATING
2 IMPORTANT THINGS
1 The problem your
product is solving
2 why your company is in
the best position to do it

17. WHILE THE
climate of the
ALL VCS CARE
ABOUT IS YOUR
POSITION IN IT
market matters

18. TELL YOUR5 STORY
At the end of the day,
VCs are people and they
not just companies
want to invest in people

19. BE SURE
TO TELL
your own
DURING
story
YOUR
PRESENTATION

20. Starting a company is
one of the most exciting
things you may ever do
BUT ALONG WITH THAT
EXITEMENT COMES
THE REALITY OF
acquiring the funds
TO GET IT OFF
THE GROUND