The Investor Pitch Melbourne Angels（投资者距墨尔本天使）.pdf

The Investor Pitch Dr. Tom McKaskill, FCPA here are as many different forms of investor pitches as there are investors. TIf you are looking for a silver bullet, there isn’t one! For every investor who prefers a two minute presentation, there will be as many who want 20 minutes. For every Angel who wants you to tell them how much money you are seeking up front, there will be just as many who would rather have that information at the end when they know what you want to do with the money. However, don’t be despondent. Over 50% of the presentations I hear are seriously lacking and almost all of them have some vital bit of information missing. Rarely have I heard a great pitch. If you can avoid the obvious mistakes, you will be in the minority and if you can provide the essential information, you will be well received. There is nothing wrong with generating questions at the end of a presentation, but what you don’t want is your audience to be left wondering why they wasted their time because they don’t understand what you do or what you want from them. Global serial entrepreneur, consultant, educator and author, Dr. McKaskill has experience in starting, growing and selling ventures and was successful in rasing venture capital twice. He is acknowledged as the world’s leading authority on exit strategies for high growth enterprises. Dr. McKaskill recently retired from the Richard Pratt Chair in Entrepreneurship at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship and is the author of a series of books for entrepreneurs covering such topics as new venture growth, raising venture capital, selling a business, acquisitions strategy and angel investing. Dr. McKaskill is a member of the Gold Coast Angels. ©Copyright 2009 Tom McKaskill