Here are our suggestions for preparing your powerpoint slides and presentation:
Format
- Presenters’ names and titles
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Presentations should be in Power Point format.
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Individual presentations can be customized as to content, graphics and sequence of content.
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We recommend that individual slides be presented in “bullet point” with a minimum of text
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This formal presentation should take no longer than 5 minutes followed by a 10 minute Q&A session.
History of Company
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Date of inception
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Personal background/interest in business
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Financing to date
Value created to date
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Pain or Problem- Paint verbal pictures with personal story
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Use numbers to describe market opp
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1-2 sentences to describe product or service and how it solves pain/problem
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Describe your Intellectual Propery if possible
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Define value proposition of your product/service:
Market Trends
- Save money, mitigate risk
- List 2-3 unique benefits of your product
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Addressable Market
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Name the market
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Size/growth
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Trends of market
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Domestic/global potential
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Expected market share capture
Competitive Landscape
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EVERYONE has competitors…tell us about yours
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Competitive differentiators
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Specifics on how you are different
- How you will win against them
Unique Business Model
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Describe how you will make money
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Sales & Distribution Plan
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Go to market strategy and channel approach
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Sales strategy
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How will you gain market share ?Partners/Outsourcing
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Will you use a partner?
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Order Fulfillment
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Lead Generation
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Contract Manufacturing
- List specific partners – brand name firms preferred
Financial Summary
- 1-3-5 year projections
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Sales
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Gross profit
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Operating expenses
EBITDA
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Identify key financial milestones (chart)
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Breakeven dates
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Dividend or interest payment dates
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Exit date
Management Team
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Board of Directors
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Qualifications or prior business positions
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Investors? How much?
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Management background and qualifications
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Education
- Key technical staff
Investment Offering
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Pre-money valuation
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Valuation support
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Amount to be raised
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Type of security
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Use of proceeds
- Milestones vs.Financing Strategy
- Significant milestones
Proof of concept
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Commercialization
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Customer acceptance
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Capture of market share
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Number of rounds required
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Amounts of rounds
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Projected valuations of roundsExit Strategy
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Your exit strategy
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Estimated timeline to exit
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Identify target acquirers
Summary slide
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3 points on why they should invest in you
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Closing “hook” to remind them of market pain and how you solve it
