Go practice your pitches - Pitching Yourself for Opportunity Video Tutorial | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com
existed thus far, and why I would be able to pull it off. The most important pitch isn’t a polished one, it’s a casual one. Remember, you’re ideally not going through a deck. You’re setting up casual meet-and-greets with investors. At some point in the conversation, they’ll ask you what you do (that’s their job!). Here, you have to absolutely knock
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Number one, you start by looking forward
and lead with your destination.
Number two, then you go to your backstory.
And number three, you round it all out for me
by connecting the dots and bringing it all together.
And the beauty of this strategy
is that you know, and you will practice,
and you will wrestle with your destination.
Y... See more
The pitch framework: Destination, backstory, connect the dots - Pitching Yourself for Opportunity Video Tutorial | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com
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When you're in a real interview the world changes: You're locked in a cage with a lion. Every heartbeat is a gorilla bashing against the walls. Your mental gears gunk up as your body goes into fight or flight mode. Your clammy hands struggle to write half legible code on the white board. A threat hides behind every shado... See more
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As a VC analyst, you are on the front lines all the time and a large part of the job is sourcing opportunities for the firm. At the interview stage, a partner may ask you to do a mock call in order to get a sense of your ability and intuition when it comes to speaking with companies.
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