ACQ2 by Acquired

The Art of Pitching

Dec 2, 2018

59:16

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Do the Pitch in the Product or Do the Product Pitch via the Product?

01:40

Do Not Discount Junior People, Period?

02:37

Are You Contrarion or Right, and Not Just Contrarion?

02:00

Introduction

2min

The Seed Stage Pitch

2min

The Most Important Advice for Fund Raising at Any Stage of Your Company

2min

Why Now Is So Important

3min

Ontrprinting

4min

The Best Utu Vidios of All Time

3min

Building a Product at the Seed Stage

4min

What's Your Relationship With the Person That You're Talking About?

3min

Do the Pitch in the Product or Do the Product Pitch via the Product?

2min

10.

How to Get the Most Out of a Partner Meeting

3min

11.

Is It a Venture Firm?

3min

12.

Do Not Discount Junior People, Period?

3min

13.

Are You Contrarion or Right, and Not Just Contrarion?

2min

14.

You Make Money by Being Contrarion and Consensus?

3min

15.

Fund Raising for Wave, You Know, It's It'

2min

16.

How Do You Say No to Thata?

6min

17.

Product Market Fit

3min

18.

A, You Can't Force Your Will on the Market

3min

19.

How Successful Was Your Initial Product Market Fit?

3min

20.

What's the Right Thing to Do?

4min

Ben and David discuss “the art of the pitch” through the lens of fundraising for seed-stage companies, but the takeaways are also (hopefully) applicable far beyond!

Sponsors:

Vanta

Links:

Sequoia pitch deck template: https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/writing-a-business-plan/#
Don Valentine talk at GSB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKN-abRJMEw
Jim Goetz talk at GSB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnmYSze9M2g

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ACQ2 by Acquired

The Art of Pitching

Do the Pitch in the Product or Do the Product Pitch via the Product?

Do Not Discount Junior People, Period?

Are You Contrarion or Right, and Not Just Contrarion?

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