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PowerPoint Presentation Outline
Writing is tough for everybody, and making slides that represent what your deal is doubly tough. You want your listeners to be listening to your sales skills, not figuring out what you have on the slides, so keep it very simple. Here are some pointers that helped one of our entrepreneurs raise over $13.5 million.
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Perfecting Your Fast Pitch and Your Email Quickview
What makes fund-raising so hard is not only understanding this process, but also at the same time putting your deal into a package that can be communicated and shared quickly and efficiently. Venture capitalists, especially those that focus on financing early stage ventures, get carpet-bombed with packages outlining business concepts at various stages of development. Continue reading ‘How to Prepare your Fast Pitch for Investors’ »
Do you have a business plan and need us to review it? How does it compare to other business plans that are out there now? Would you like to have your business plan “flight tested” before submitting to potential investors?
The business plan is perhaps the most important written document you can ever create. It describes all critical internal and external elements and strategies for guiding the direction of your venture’s first several years as well as giving potential investors an idea of the venture’s structure, objectives, and future plans.
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Business Plan Contests and Business Plan Competition Events have become very popular around the world. Our directory lists the most popular business plan contests and business plan competition events from around the world.
Our detailed outline simply follows the content and approach of our online resources. We recommend that the total length of your business plan be no more than 15 to 20 pages. Each Value Driver should be one page (10 total pages) with 3 to 5 paragraphs for each page. Your financial section should be limited to 3 to 5 pages (the notes and assumptions can be embedded on the spreadsheets) and your Executive Summary should also be 3 to 5 pages.
The Global Entrepreneurship Institute (GEI) is a non-profit 501(c) 3 educational organization with the specific mission of mentoring and educating entrepreneurs around the world. Working as a global business incubator GEI facilitates introductions to investors, professional service providers, and other entrepreneurs.
Since 1998, we have helped entrepreneurs raise over $100 million. Let us help you. We can contribute valuable real-world knowledge, networking contacts to investors, and fresh ideas to your venture team. Our Program is particularly valuable for new entrepreneurs, who may not have the access to expensive business advisors.