A pitch presentation can be categorized by several attributes like focus , length, timing etc. There are many categorizations that were born out of the fact that founders often present their idea in front of different audiences and for a different amount of time.
First-time founders often commit serious errors in their company management efforts blinded by their focus on the product/service itself. Too many times they bury themselves in irrelevant for their stage activities and that often untimely leads to the death of the company. In this post, we will try to give an overview of the most common mistakes that startup founders make.
Tech Coast Angels (TCA) is one of the most successful angel groups in the country and has been supporting innovative companies since 1997.
Expert Dojo is one of our partners and investors we work with. We think it makes sense to have a quick introduction of Expert Dojo to help our startups with a compiled information about this great accelerator in Santa Monica.
Do I need a pitch deck?
Two versions of a deck? What are those?
Executive summary?
What does an executive summary contain?
If I have one, why do I need the other?
What is the main difference between a deck and a summary?
After you build your dream team and you start growing, you will need to partner with other organizations. A partnering organization will complement your activities, services, and products.
For many years, investors and the wider public considered that a startup is just a small company, but the differences between the underlying philosophies of a startup and a small company are so great that they barely have any similarities.
Successful branding requires focusing on building enough features into your product/service so that it will look substantially different from your competitors.
During our conversations with investors and startup founders, who have been through the fundraising process, we seem to find three common rules that can help you succeed in this process.
How to validate your startup idea? This probably is the most important question to ask before jumping into a rabbit hole of potentially months or years of new product development and launch. The best approach would be to focus first on building a relevant Research Plan to verify the feasibility of the new startup concept.