As you may have read in my previous post The Business Plan is Dead, the pitch deck is the key to garnering an investor’s attention. If you cannot tell your story in […]
Three Resources to Get Started On Your Pitch Deck – Two are Free
Five Small Details That Give Your Investor Pitch an Edge
It’s the big day. You and your partners have prepared your slide deck, you have your executive summary printed, and are ready to share your amazing investment opportunity. Here are five simple tips that […]
Seven Deadly Sins of Pitching
There are certainly more than just seven mistakes that you can make when pitching to investors, but these seven could definitely be the nail in the coffin that prevents you from getting […]
Addiction to Ideas: How to Break the Cycle
This was me about 10 years ago: Hi, I’m Colleen. I’m an entrepreneurship professor. I listen to ideas all day long and I can’t get enough of them. I dream about my students ideas and […]
The Business Plan is Dead
No one reads anything other than the first few lines of any article. I’m willing to bet, you probably won’t finish reading this post. The same goes for business plans. The harsh […]
One of the Worst Mistakes When Pitching Your Idea
Our semester at Chico State just wrapped up. As part of my final exam, the students are required to pitch their concepts to a panel of external judges from the community. We call […]
Ok, but what do you DO? – A Pitch Disaster
This week I attended a local venture capital association meeting where I watched a few companies pitch their investment opportunities. One of the presentations was a classic case of what I call […]
Mistakes Pitching Investors – Five Examples from a recent VC/Angel Conference (Part Two of Two)
Last week, I attended a venture capital/angel investor conference in the Bay Area and part of the event involved entrepreneurs pitching their concepts to the panel of VCs and angels. If you […]
Mistakes Pitching Investors – Five Examples from a Recent VC/Angel Conference (Part One of Two)
This week, I attended a venture capital (VC)/angel investor conference in the Bay Area and part of the event involved entrepreneurs pitching their concepts to a panel of VCs and angels. I was […]
Entrepreneurs: Pop Your Bubble and Talk To Customers
I’ve coached thousands of entrepreneurs as they explore their concepts and I have this conversation 80% of the time. It goes like this: Me: Have you talked to potential customers about your […]
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