LEADING FOUNDERS

Public Speaking, Presentation and

Pitching Workshop

Great Startups are led by great leaders. From Steve Jobs to Larry Page and Sergey Brin, from Mark Zuckerberg to Elon Musk, every startup that has succeeded, did so in part because of the incredible leadership skills of the founders and the founding team. They are simultaneously humble and audacious, impatient and persistent, great listeners and great decision-makers. These leaders are both emotionally and logically intelligent, highly structured and highly creative.

JOSH LEVENT

Josh is a speaker, trainer, and startup mentor.

He has spoken at TEDxSquareMile, trained at Draper University and mentored at Expo Innovation Challenge. Aside from 1-on-1 mentoring and training, Josh has spoken, trained or mentored at all of the following:

➡ Lifestyle Design Convention 2016, January, Zurich➡ Expo Innovation Challenge 2015, October, Milan➡ Youth2Business 2015, August, San Jose, California➡ Draper University Summer 2015, June-July, San Mateo, California➡ LoveSpeedTalent 2015, May, Munich➡ Lifestyle Design Convention 2015, January, Zurich➡ Do It Conference 2014, November, Fiesch➡ Ignite Zurich, 2014, May, Zurich➡ Input Conference 2014, April, Tampere➡ Kick Off Conference 2014, March, Leysin➡ TEDxSquareMile 2013, October in London➡ Youth Leadership Conference, 2013, June, Ulaanbaatar➡ P3 Foundation Strategy Weekend, 2012, September, Auckland➡ Copono Strategy Weekend, 2012, June, Wellington➡ People byAssociation 2012, June, Auckland➡ Leadership Development Seminar 2009, February, Beijing➡ 21 Youth Leadership Conferences, 2007-2012, across New Zealand

WORKSHOP

Public Speaking, Presentation and Pitching Workshop

Practice4 hours

Deep Dive1 day

Immersion2 days

Workshop Content

I adapt workshops based on the needs of the group. We identify these needs 1-2 weeks in advance. The workshop will contain a mixture of knowledge, practice and direct feedback. Participants should come to the workshop with their presentations prepared. Topics include:

Elevator Pitch60 secondsNo Slides

Stage Pitch5 minutespitch deck

Investor Pitch30 minutes

full slide deck

Voicevolume, rhythm, pronounciation,

pitch

Body Languageeye contact,

posture, movement

Basic StructureProblem,

Solution, Vision, Team, Financials,

Competition

3 Act StructureContext, Climax,

Realisation

Deep StructureHook, Historical Trend, Traction,

Appendix

Types

Authenticity

Brevity AND depth

Designtypography,

images, colours

Gaining and mantaining Attention

Building Credibility

Metrics, Data and other Hard

Facts

Practice makes permanent

StructureSkillsPrinciplesProcess

Stress, anxiety and stage fright

Positive psychology

Emotional Intelligence

Psychology

LEADING FOUNDERS

josh@leadingfounders.com