What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #3 in this series talks about the third slide, the customer.  Who has that problem you talked about in the previous slide?  Or of everyone with the problem, which customer segment are you targeting? 

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Pitching #3

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #4 in this series is where the pitching gets complicated, as the fourth slide isn't always the same topic in every pitch deck.  It could be a trend.  It could be a wrong solution.  It could be something else that needs to be shared before the solution is unveiled.

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Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #4

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

This episode walks through two slides, #5 and #6, the solution.  Two slides because you need to spend enough time talking about your product or service so that the audience believes it can solve that problem you described back in slide #2.

Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step/pitch
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See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #5 & #6

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #7 in this series is the opportunity size, a.k.a. the total addressable market, a.k.a. a big number that makes investors want to hear more.

Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step/pitch
Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #7

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #8 in this series is the business model.  How do you charge customers?  How much do they pay.  A bit of proof this is a business, not a charity.

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Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #8

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #9 is all about "traction", a.k.a. proof that customers care about the product or service you described a few slides earlier.

Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step/pitch
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See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #9

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #10 is a summary of your financial model.  Typically, the hockey stick graph.  But believable.  Or even better, showing off some actual historic revenues along with that trend turning into big revenues in the next few years.

Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step/pitch
Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #10

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #11 has a great team, as it is the slide that showcases the team you've put together to make this business plan come true.

Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step/pitch
Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes
See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #11

What makes for a pitch that ends with an investment? This week continues the slide-by-slide explanation of how to do just that.

Episode #12 is the final slide of content in the deck.  The ask.  And a bonus explaining the final slide too.  But sorry, that isn't actually the end to your pitch deck nor the end to your work preparing this pitch.

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See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
More advice at lunarmobiscuit.com/blog

Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Pitching #12

This week is an interview Ben Cook and Muralee Balaguru, founders of Zirconia, an innovating material sciences company with a breakthrough for concrete, the world's the common building material.

In this podcast, Ben, Muralee and I talk briefly about simplifying a complicated message, but mostly we talk about why everything takes long than expected, even when you expect it to take longer.

Post your questions to www.quora.com/profile/Luni-Libes

Read the book at lunarmobiscuit.com/the-next-step
See the results of The Next Step at youtube.com/fledgellc
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Music by Kevin MacLeod - incompetech.com

Guest #19 - Ben And Muralee - Zirconia

The Next Step by Luni Libes, a step-by-step guide for entrepreneurs

Guest #19 - Ben And Muralee - Zirconia

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