By Gail Geronimos on Nov 13, 2007 in Featured, Presentation Tips | 1 Comment
You’ve heard of ‘death by powerpoint’ well, ‘death by technology’ is even deadlier! It’s the Black Mamba in the world of pitching.
Yet too many entrepreneurs keep sticking their hands into the Black Mamba cage and they keep getting bitten - most don’t survive.
I made a presentation at the AusFirst Angel Conference last weekend. I spent [...]
By Gail Geronimos on Nov 9, 2007 in Featured, Presentation Tips | 0 Comments
Hi
I’ve just interviewed Bob Christiansen from Southern Cross Venture Partners. Bob and his partners have a fund of about $300million and they invest in early stage technology companies.
Bob has been in the game a long time. He’s heard thousands of pitches.
The biggest mistake according to Bob…
The biggest mistake is to talk too much about the [...]
By Gail Geronimos on Nov 8, 2007 in Featured, Presentation Tips, Venture Capitalists | 0 Comments
Wow, what a week. We had 14 international investors looking for deals. Things were really buzzing.
I worked with 11 companies to get their pitches just right. It was a bit of a mixed bag to start with. Over about 3 weeks before the big day we re-structured and revamped the presentations. Lots of work there!
It [...]
By Christian Bowman on Nov 2, 2007 in Featured, Pitching Videos, Presentation Tips, Venture Capital, Video Posts | 1 Comment
I found this video of what NOT to do when you’re pitching a movie idea, but it’s also relevant for entrepreneurs pitching to investors.