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[robbincenijn]

G2i / Refresh / 2024

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[planvine]

Fever Pitch

It's been two days of pitch practising and perfecting for the Planvine Team. Just like Drogba above, we've been trying to work out the best way to negotiate the wall of investors and score a goal. [Ed: I think we've done that metaphor to death now, move on].

Yesterday we had the first of a two day workshop hosted by g2i http://www.g2i.org/. It was a really useful day and the tips the speakers gave on pitching were excellent (many thanks @bowman_mike, @katielewis66 and Andy Tait). This will be followed on Tuesday by a practice pitch to angel investors to get their feedback on the business.

What has been particularly interesting as part of this process is hearing different attitudes to how you should pitch, what should your presentation should comprise of and the order in which you should present things. It seems that it tends to be like trying to answer the question "how long is a piece of string?"...

As well as the presentations yesterday, we also found a couple of good blog posts on these topics:

http://venturehacks.com/articles/elevator-pitch

http://whohastimeforthis.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-not-write-business-plan.html

One key example of the disagreement is where the 'Team' slide appears. Some say it should come at the very beginning, to create the credibility you need before discussing your business, some say it should be just after the summary of your business ("why are you keeping us waiting to tell us what your idea is?!") and some say it should be towards the end once you have covered the problem and your solution. I guess it depends on how much credibility you feel you need to create about yourselves before you go into your idea (we think we've got it sussed for our presentation so we'll see how it goes).

Needless to say, we need to get this right. Pitching is hugely important, not just for fund raising but also for casual chats when networking. One thing that everyone appears to agree on is the fact that 'practice makes perfect' and that the pitch should be a constantly maintained and updated to reflect the position of the company on the day of the pitch.

Let's hope that just like Drogba, we can bend the ball into the top corner... (Sorry Ed).