"How to wow VCs, angels, and institutional investors"--Cover

Includes index

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1. What investors want -- 2. Building external validation -- 3. Identifying the right investors -- 4. Venture capital -- 5. The elevator pitch -- 6. Steps to building a successful investor presentation -- 7. Title slide and introductions -- 8. Slide 1: Overview -- 9. Slide 2: The problem -- 10. Slide 3: The solution -- 11. Slide 4: Opportunity and market -- 12. Slide 5: Technolgoy -- 13. Slide 6: Unique competitive advantages -- 14. Slide 7: Competitive landscape -- 15. Slide 8: Go-to-market strategy -- 16: Slide 9: Financial road map -- 17. Slide 10: The team -- 18: Slide 11: Current status -- 19. Slide 12: Summary -- 20. Backup slides -- 21. After the meeting -- 22. Building the executive summary -- 23. You got a deal! Or not .

Author Paul Getty has seen thousands of brilliant founding CEOs present to angel investors, venture capitalists, and institutional investors. And he has seen thousands of them fail in their quest for the money they sincerely believed would lead to entrepreneurial success and riches for all. Again and again, he watched would-be tech titans fail to create a good first impression, deliver poor presentations, tell lengthy stories that put investors to sleep, and fail to address the critical issues sophisticated investors are most eager to hear about. If only they'd read The Twelve Magic Slides: In