From the course: Foundations of Raising Capital
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What you need for an investment meeting
From the course: Foundations of Raising Capital
What you need for an investment meeting
- Receiving investment is difficult, but it's not as difficult as you may think to get a meeting with an investor. Investors want to meet entrepreneurs who may be great investments. It's the meeting itself that proves to be difficult. In order to get investment, you need to show investors why your company is a good investment opportunity. You'll want to prepare a few key materials: an elevator pitch, executive summary, a presentation deck, and a demo or prototype if possible. Let's start with the easiest one: your elevator pitch. Your elevator pitch should explain your idea in just a couple of sentences. You should be able to describe your business or idea quickly enough to share it with someone on an elevator ride. An investor will read or listen to your elevator pitch before they look at anything else, often in an email before taking a meeting. Let me share with you the elevator pitch for our previous company, Tixers.…
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