Pitching Investors: Page 3

Buying / Investing in Business

Why Investors With an Entrepreneurial Past Are Crucial to Startup Success

When we hear an investor saying, "Think like a startup," what does it mean?

Thought Leaders

How To Know if Your Startup Has a Proper Founder-Market Fit

Startups in their early stages face the challenge of limited data, leading investors to evaluate the co-founding team's potential for success. Founder-market fit, where founders' skills and qualities align with market needs, becomes crucial for investors. The article provides insights on how founders can demonstrate their founder-market fit to investors.

Growing a Business

3 PR Strategies to Help Your Startup Attract Investors

Here are three ways pre-launch startups can use PR to secure funding.

Buying / Investing in Business

A Guide to Visualizing Data in Your Pitch Deck

What separates your pitch deck from the 99% that go in the trash? Learn how to use data visualization to create compelling investment decks that secure investments to get your business off the runway.

Buying / Investing in Business

5 Tips to Win Over Investors in Uncertain Times

Trustworthy, confident and coachable entrepreneurs don't allow an uncertain economy to distract them from executing their business plan.

Finance

5 Things That Have Changed in Startup Pitching This Year

Due to the funding crisis, this year's startup pitching has undergone a major shift, with a stronger emphasis now being placed on cost structures, profitability, and unit economics.

Growing a Business

10 Presentation Tips and Hacks You Need to Know

Presentation design is evolving fast, and traditional presentations are getting simply too boring and commonplace to have an impact. So, here are some of the latest presentation design trends to help you build compelling presentations that engage your audience in 2023.

Business Process

How to Create a Winning Sales Deck to Captivate Your Audience

Are your sales decks losing steam? If your presentations are failing to generate interest and conversions, it's probably time for a strategic upgrade to their structure and content. Here are some tips from my experience over the last decade to help you level up your sales decks.

Growing a Business

If You Want to Grow Your Startup and Value, Nurture These 3 Stakeholder Relationships

These are the relationships startup founders should prioritize to enhance their growth, brand value and overall valuation.

Fundraising

Raising Funding in a Downturn Isn't Impossible — I Did It (and You Can, Too).

Raising money during a downturn isn't always advisable — investors can be more discerning and terms less favorable. As I close my pre-seed round amidst mass layoffs and a looming recession, I've learned a few lessons anyone could learn from.

Starting a Business

When Is the Right Time to Seek Investor Funding? Here's How to Decide.

Here are three tips to help founders decide when to seek and collect investors' money.

Fundraising

Is the Era of Conventional Pitch Decks Over? Here's How Virtual and Augmented Reality are Changing Pitch Decks

If your pitch deck fails to impress investors, it's time to upgrade it with the power of augmented and virtual reality.

News and Trends

Calling All KSA-Based Hospitality Startups: Apply For Future Hospitality Summit 2023's Startup Den By March 31

Out of all applicants, 10 finalists will be chosen to compete at The Startup Den on May 9, 2023, at Al Faisaliah Hotel in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Growing a Business

Beyond the Basics: 5 Surprising Qualities Investors Seek in a Winning Team

Getting funding for a startup is challenging. A good pitch, goal matching and product-market fit are not enough. Investors look for at least five qualities in a founder that may not be immediately apparent.

Fundraising

Use This Game-Changing Tool to Make or Break Your Pitches To Investors

Get ready to win over investors and captivate your audience with video, the best tool for conveying your message and value