Pitch Questions

The founding/management team is one of the critical areas investors look at in a startup. Usually the team is more important than the idea/product. Investors like to see a proven track record of...

Pitch Investors

asked Jan 12 '13 at 06:56

Zuly Gonzalez
9,194 points

How can I expose my startup to seed and angel investors instead of cold calling them? Is there any way to get feedback from them? In Silicon Valley or other major startup scenes.

Pitch Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Dec 1 '12 at 09:46

John S
184 points

Me and one of my fellow liked an idea. He said if I need investment for that start up, I will be happy to make. But that was more like a coffee table discussion which lasted for an hour. I think I...

Credibility Pitch Personal Investment

asked Nov 13 '12 at 06:50

Sourabh
288 points

I'm working on the executive summary for my website idea and need to figure out the total market capitalization for the this industry. For example, if all the yearly advertising (and other)...

Venture Capital Pitch Business Plan Market Analysis Market Research

asked Oct 21 '12 at 11:42

User19815
1 point

I've been trying to put together a one line pitch for days. Either my startup sounds too complicated or too simple. People automatically compare my startup to other websites.

Pitch

asked Sep 28 '12 at 00:48

Zapoo
303 points

Me and a friend of mine are presenting an app idea because we don't have the development assets to make it ourselves. Do you have any advice before I do this? I would love to see it developed but I...

Pitch Apps

asked Aug 15 '12 at 15:35

Beachrunnerjoe
319 points

I really don't have a "plan" right now, but have been offered a meeting to pitch to an entrepreneur that has already sold at least two companies they founded each for over 100 million. They know I...

Funding Pitch

asked Aug 4 '12 at 05:26

Blunders .
899 points

everyone. I've made it to the second round of a business competition and now need to pitch an e-Learning concept to a panel of judges in order to secure funding. The idea is fairly unique and...

Pitch

asked May 30 '12 at 10:45

Methuselah
105 points

I've sent concise pitches about my startup (general, and for various features) to around 20 tech journalists from tech blogs/sites (Mashable, Techcrunch, TNW, RRW, Lifehacker, Venturebeat, etc.),...

Marketing Pitch Coverage

asked May 19 '12 at 00:43

Bozho
155 points

My web application offers subscription service to both individuals and groups. The subscription is per user basis. Most purchasers will buy on behalf of his company (individual or group). When...

Venture Capital B2B Pitch B2C

asked Apr 30 '12 at 14:32

New Tothe Game
8 points

This Thursday I will be filming for a Canadian TV show where I will be pitching my software to 5 Canadian millionaires to invest in. The TV show won't air until September. The software is...

Software Pitch Patent

asked Apr 11 '12 at 07:51

Mike
11 points

I asked a question about this before, but things have changed. I developed software for basketball and football teams. I have sold 32 copies @ $20 each doing virtually nothing. I wrote a few...

Software Pitch Investors

asked Apr 12 '12 at 03:40

Mike
11 points

I'm building a pitch deck for an internet startup. I've read other financial projections and pro-formas which have quite irrelevant accounting. Our main expenses are simply server costs --...

Sales Pitch Financial Deck

asked Apr 13 '12 at 10:53

Delos Chang
101 points

After two years of development, our start-up is pre-beta and in an incubator. We have the chance to pitch on This Week in Startups, but I am concerned about too much publicity from potential...

Pitch Publishing

asked Mar 15 '12 at 15:55

Laramie
192 points

For more background on my company, see the question entitled: "A “competitive edge” for an offshore development company?" We have landed a meeting (scheduled for about 5 days from now) with a very...

Sales Pitch Meet Up Presentation

asked Feb 3 '12 at 01:48

Davey Boy
55 points

I am using PowerPoint to create our deck. I believe I can make use of a few advanced PowerPoint features (like animations) to provide a more robust presentation. However, if the VC reviews a...

Pitch Presentation Deck

asked Feb 7 '12 at 06:24

Steve Jones
6 points

I know the difference between a social entrepreneur and an entrepreneur, however if those two pitch to someone for a deal, do they say something different? Specifically in my case I am a social...

Pitch Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneur

asked Feb 8 '12 at 03:50

Nikolai
125 points

I've made a proposal to a prospect and he suggested we have a 'business lunch' and eventually continue afterwords in their office. How should I prepare for it? Any DOes and DONTs? P.S. This is...

Pitch

asked Jan 27 '12 at 06:35

Simpatico
198 points

I have an app idea that I'm working on to help school kids with bullying. I discussed this with a local vice principal and he liked the idea. I'm a developer and am learning to develop mobile apps,...

Pitch Selling Government

asked Dec 31 '11 at 03:02

Will
6 points

I'm building software for corporate customers and the space I'm in has several established competitors. Luckily, their design simply sucks. Think of the difference between using a smartphone circa...

Pitch Design

asked Dec 21 '11 at 18:20

Frenchie
4,166 points