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VC-tip-o-the-day: Always Use PowerPoint When Pitching Venture Capitalists
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Great post via Michael Cerda at Mashable. Startup Hacks: 7 Questions VCs Will Ask You, What They Really Mean, and How You Can Answer Them
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TwitPitch is a concept created by Stowe Boyd, a consultant and founder of Workstreamer.com
Stowe believes that the best businesses must be able to hone their message to provide a compelling sell in 140 characters or less. Venture Hacks also has the same idea as Stowe, though they refer to it as a ‘high concept pitch.’ What’s your TwitPitch?
Follow TwitPitch on Twitter: @twitpitch
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Here is a great new company based in NYC: Drop.io
Say you are emailing investors with financial projections in Excel, or a PowerPoint deck. These files are too huge to send individually as attachments via email. Solution: simply open an account with Drop.io and just provide a link. All files are even password protected. Score!
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Best Options for Screen Sharing and Demos:
Webex - You can do 14 day free trials that work well on both Mac and PC
Adobe Connect - Free trial
Not so good, but free and getting better:
Glance - Share with one click
GoToMeeting - Windows only
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Advice on how to do effective demos:
How to Demo Your Startup (Jason Calacanis)
How Not to Give a Demo (Sandy Kemsley)
How to Demo in 90 Seconds (Matt McAlister)
How to be a Demo God (Guy Kawasaki)
The Art of Demo (Leveraging Ideas)
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Guy doing what he does best…inspiring. Here he suggests the best way to go about pitching with Powerpoint