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About this book
You have a home-run startup idea and a whip-smart team to execute it. Everything should be in place to kick-start your company and secure funding. However, there is one more step that can make or break the entire deal: the pitch. Founders everywhere struggle to nail the perfect pitch to garner VC backing, and this book is here to help.
Pitch Perfect by Haje Jan Kamps expertly teaches you how to tell your startup's story. To raise venture capital, it is absolutely crucial that your foundation is a story that is accessible, compelling, and succinct. Kamps uses his invaluable experiential knowledge to guide you through your presentation, from slide deck specifics to storytelling details to determining a fundamental philosophy for your business. In the process of creating and formulating a pitch deck and the story to go with it, founders often discover deep flaws in their business idea. Perhaps the market is non-existent. It could be that the "problem" isn't worthsolving. Maybe the idea is so simple that it would be too easy to copy. Maybe it's already been done, or the team simply is not up to the job. Pitch Perfect has all of those bases covered so that you can excel.
How do you convince an institutional investor to part with their money and fund your company? The small block of time you are given for a pitch holds your startup's future in its grasp. Learn how to craft your startup story in a way that will get people to lean into your message with Pitch Perfect. Your dream is only one pitch away.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1. Storytelling
- 2. How Venture Capital Works
- 3. Pitch Deck Design
- 4. What Slides Will You Need?
- 5. Slide: The Problem
- 6. Slide: The Solution
- 7. Slide: The Product
- 8. Slide: Market
- 9. Slide: Team
- 10. Slide: Traction
- 11. Slide: The Moat
- 12. Slide: Business Model
- 13. Slide: Go-to-Market Strategy
- 14. Slide: Competitors
- 15. Slide: The Ask
- 16. Slide: Timing
- 17. The Take-Home Deck
- 18. Who Should You Be Talking To?
- 19. Getting Introductions
- 20. The Investment Thesis
- 21. Further Reading
- Back Matter