How to Pitch Your Company : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
The pitch should contain clear, specific answers to the most important basic questions about the business and the entrepreneur's plans for the business: How will you attract customers and make money? (and no, “advertising” is not the answer) Who, specifically, is your first customer? Second? Third? What is your contingency plan for when this seed r
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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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Company purpose Start here: define your company in a single declarative sentence. This is harder than it looks. Getting caught up in listing features is easy instead of communicating your mission. Problem Describe the pain of your customer. How is this addressed today, and what are the shortcomings of current solutions? Solution Explain your eureka... See more
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It's done! I read 3,000 startup pitch decks. I wanted to find what the incredible pitches had in common. Was there a "secret ingredient" unifying them? YES. The 4 best (that VCs wanted intros to) had the same talking point:
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In your pitch deck, less is more. Use your energy, money, and equity to convince the best people to join you and to sign up customers. Spend your time putting your company in a better position so that VCs can’t…
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Ali Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups
“Less is more” when it comes to an investor presentation. There are only a few key things most VCs look at to understand and get excited about a deal: the problem you are solving, the size of the opportunity, the strength of the team, the level of competition or competitive advantage that you have, your plan of attack, and current status. Summary f
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