pitching presentation support 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 31, 2010
Most people suck at presenting to big groups. It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees, customers and VCs. This was evident at the Twiistup pre-event company pitch last week at UCLA.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 19, 2010
Information Asymmetry - The biggest problem that presenters face in large (5+ people) is information asymmetry. You come into a meeting where your sponsor (the person who invited you to present to the partners) knows a lot about you and the rest of the room may have varying degrees of knowledge. Does that sound ok?&#.
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Both Sides of the Table
MAY 30, 2013
I hope you’ll consider clicking that link and making even a small KickStarter contribution to support arts & innovation. It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. This made my friend Dorrian Porter ‘s KickStarter initiative to create a statue of Tesla in Silicon Valley even more poignant. He has now created Part II.
Paul G. Silva
MARCH 26, 2020
This is the 3rd post in the “Startup Pitching” series. The team section is one of the most important (arguable the most important) part of your presentation. As you want their funding/support, don’t make the audience work that hard! Do not put math in your presentation. The one (maybe two) number rule.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2010
Anyone who works in the venture business or frankly just lives in Silicon Valley will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere to capture the technology zeitgeist and find its way into every entrepreneur’s product development plan or every aspiring entrepreneur’s pitch deck.
Dream It
JULY 31, 2019
We eventually launched the product, which didn't generate enough revenue to support us- so we shut down the business after all my credit cards maxed out. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals.
This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 19, 2013
If instead of seeming evasive and ashamed about having been turned down (and thereby implicitly agreeing with the verdict) you talk candidly about what scared investors about you, you''ll seem more confident, which they like, and you''ll probably also do a better job of presenting that aspect of your startup.
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