Pitch Application
Short description of your company
Describe the pain that the consumer or businesses have How deep is the pain? Sell it with a story Your goal is to get everyone’s buy-in that this is a large enough problem that you can build a large business around
Tell us about your product or service How are you alleviating a market place pain? Ensure the audience clearly understands what you sell Ensure the audience clearly understands your value proposition
Won any awards? Crazy year of growth?Let us know about some of your highlights!
Walk the audience through how you make money Who is buying your product and service? Why are these customers coming back?
What makes you special? What are your "moats" that keep competitors at bay?
Include how you sell, channel strategy, how your strategy shifts as you scale.
List your main competitors and their websites(both startup and incumbent) Why is your product or service better? What gives you a competitive advantage over those you have listed?
Please share your Total Addressable Market / Servicable Available Market and Servicable Obtainable Market. Make sure you are measuring your MARKET and not your INDUSTRY.
Please share the names and titles of your team members including fractional members and those committed to join after funding.
One pager, marketing, or anything else you'd like to share.
What traction do you have so far (i.e. do you have paying customers? Recurring customers? Paid pilots? Pre-orders? Grant funding? How have you confirmed that people are willing to pay for your solution?)
Describe the top five key risks your business faces.
How will you use these funds and what benchmarks will be achieved?
Describe your unique barriers including IP
How do you plan to scale your business beyond the first few raises and initial customers?
Describe your exit strategy including comps, targets, likely timing.
