Startup pitching masterclass

SHOW ME, don’t tell me

Alex Barrera (@abarrera)Untitled / Tiago Pereira ©

HELLO MY NAME IS...

http://www.slideshare.net/press42 Alex Barrera (@abarrera)


Demo Day


Demo Day


Demo Day


Demo Day

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Death

by PowerPoint

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5 - 10 minute pitch

10-20-30 Kawasaki rule

1. Problem 2. Solution 3. Market 4. Competitors 5. Technology 6. Business Model 7. Marketing & sales 8. Team 9. Milestones & projections 10. Call to action

Pitch deck

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1. PROBLEM

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﹜ USB, microSD, HD A/VSource: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us


Source: http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Why

should

I

care?


Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html

Why

How

What


http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html


WTF?

Source: http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html

Why

How

What


http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html


2. SOLUTION

Social

M2MBig Data

SoLoMoMobile

app








3. MARKET


3. MARKET

Pie / Richard Keeling ©


3. MARKETGlobal market ($500M)

Niche market ($5M)

Pie / Richard Keeling ©

http://www.slideshare.net/press42 Alex Barrera (@abarrera)Pie / Richard Keeling ©

3. MARKETGlobal market ($3B)

Niche market ($100M)


4. COMPETITORS


Honesty/ Kurt Anno ©

4. COMPETITORS


5. TECHNOLOGY

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5. TECHNOLOGY

http://www.slideshare.net/press42 Alex Barrera (@abarrera)TEDx HTML / Chanditha Abhayaratne ©

5. TECHNOLOGY


6. BUSINESS MODEL


SHOW ME THE MONEY!

Pitch deck: Business plan

Premium accounts

$12.99/month $120/year


Pitch deck: Business plan

Premium accounts

$12.99/month $120/year

Unlimited tweets Story graphing Multiple account integration


Cost structure

0

45000

90000

135000

180000

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Salaries IT/InfraestructureAdministrative Travels

euro

s


Net IncomeEu

ros

-150000,00

-75000,00

0,00

75000,00

150000,00

225000,00

300000,00

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Revenue Costs Net Income



7. MARKETING & SALES

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http://www.slideshare.net/press42 Alex Barrera (@abarrera)Kendo fighter with sword detail / Razvan Chirnoaga ©

STRATEGY


Growth metrics 5 months

0

1250

2500

3750

5000

Jan Feb Mar Apr May

Registred Users Premium Users Stories

Forbes�� coverage

Signing�� MSFT



8. TEAM

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8. TEAM

Alex Barrera - CEO & founder Former founder of X Tech journalist for Y

Alex Barrera - CTO & founder Former founder of X Tech journalist for Y

Alex Barrera - Chief Designer Former founder of X Tech journalist for Y



9. MILESTONES & PROJECTIONS

Jan - Conceptualisation

Feb - Customer discovery

Mar - Customer validation

Mar - BETA launch

May - Sign first enterprise customer

Sep - Official launch


Jan - Applied to Wayra

Feb - Selected by Wayra

Mar - Went to Startup Weekend

Mar - BETA launch

May - Attended the South Summit

Sep - Official launch



10. CALL TO ACTION

Pitch deck: Investment

€100.000 1 year

pre-money: €1M


Pitch deck: Investment

Hiring 3 more people Expand the server capacity Expand PR efforts


Pitch deck: Call to action

Tools are TOO generic

No tools = manual working



“Business-to-business finally becomes “sexy.”: Over the past 6-to-12 months, we’ve started to do more B2B deals” for “vertical solutions” !

Jeff Clavier, SoftTech VC - Dic 2012



Storytelling specific tools

are needed

You’ve�� got�� the�� final�� words�� of�� our�� story...



Hello Mr. Story

Why do stories work?


Memory recollection Causation effect


Memory recollection Causation effect Mirror neurons & Oxytocin


Memory recollection Causation effect Mirror neurons & Oxytocin Oxytocin & Dopamine





Beginning

Middle

End



Protagonist#1



Desire#2


CONFLICT!


Emotions#3



Avoid Silos


Beware of the

Tangent



1. Problem 2. Solution 3. Market 4. Competitors 5. Technology 6. Business Model 7. Marketing & sales 8. Team 9. Milestones & projections 10. Call to action

Pitch deck

http://www.slideshare.net/press42 Alex Barrera (@abarrera)Untitled / April Junio ©


Protagonist#1


Desire#2


Emotions#3

THANK YOU!!

Alex Barrera (@abarrera) [email protected]

http://blog.press42.com


mailto:[email protected]

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usado.




usado.

Pixels?




usado.

Watermarks




usado.

Text


Pitch deck: DON’TS1. Put more than 3 words per slide

2. Put shitty images that pixelate or tiny ones

3. Put graphs without a source

4. Put your contact information on the last slide

5. Put weird color combinations: Stick to white-black

6. Use tiny fonts and leave white space available

7. Live demos

8. If you use a video, time it or have it narrated it

9. Don't relay on the Internet

10. Put tables full of numbers

11. 3D Graphs

12. Fancy transitions

13. Add graphs with no axis titles

14. Use numbers with no units

Presentations & Public Speaking

Startup pitching masterclass