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Tuesday, December 16th, 2008As you may know I work extensively with 3 of the World’s Top 10 business schools and I regularly have to help MBA’s work on their business plans. In working with them I help them shape their plans and eventually…
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Public speaking…the key things to know
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008If you are making any form of presentation you will benefit from these quick tips.
Get the content and flow right:
First, make the presentation flow correctly - as most presentations are trying to convince someone of something, I tend to use…
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Finding the right VC investor…now is more important than ever!
Saturday, November 29th, 2008Below is the presentation given during by Adeo Ressi at Web 2.0 in New York. The talk focuses on helping companies find the “right” investor, versus just any interested party.
It’s a very useful deck and from a very thoughtful guy that…
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More VC training on pitching and presenting
Monday, November 17th, 2008In my other blog posts on this matter I have said a few times that really what you are trying to do once you have got in the door is to have a sensible, logical and easy to understand dialog…
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Making your venture more fundable by removing potential red flags
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008This is another question I have had to deal with and have got asked in the past. How do you structure a business, or hire or develop a startup in a way not to turn off the VC’s at a…
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Learn from the guru on presentations…it’s harder than you think to build a compelling pitch
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Again and again I find myself telling my MBA students about how to present.
They tend to get everything wrong, every time, no matter how many times I tell them or ask them to learn.
Why? Well it’s probably because it’s very…
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Even more advice on presenting to investors…preparation is key
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008You must know what they say about the 5 P’s, preparation prevents "piss poor" performance!
THE PREPARATION PROCESS:
Identify the 3-5 key points you want the audience to remember. These will inevitably be the key points of the investment case. Build the presentation…
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CXO Leadership Forum - A great way to learn and connect
Thursday, November 6th, 2008I often get asked by friends and mentees in their ventures or working on a startup idea where they can learn more about all the various things CxO’s have to know and also where they can mix with similar people…
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The current economy…the Silver Lining
Thursday, November 6th, 2008With every cloud comes a silver lining…right!
I am glad I am not alone in this thinking and this week a friend and my US lawyer John Montgomery sent me and others in his circle an uplifting memo that I thought…
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As you expect in this climate angel money tighter
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Inc Magazine reports angel money tighter with Angels not only having to worry about less M&A opportunity for investments and a dead IPO market.
On top of that they are being squeezed by the current financial climate and as an angel…
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