3 Lessons From My First Time Pitching To Investors
“I’m sorry David, but we can’t change your slides. We’re too close to the event.”
I couldn’t believe it. T-minus 3 hours before the biggest pitch of my life — which I’d spent months preparing for — and now, out of nowhere, this…
This past week, I had a wildly exciting (and *shhh* terrifying) — opportunity: I was invited to pitch my startup to investors.
Why so scary?
When you’re pitching to investors, you’re pretty much putting your closely held vision out into the world to be examined with a fine-tooth comb under a magnifying glass.
Understandably, anyone who’s going to put their hard-earned dollars behind little old you is going to have a LOT of questions.
Fortunately, I’ve pitched myself many, many times before in a sales context. However, this was the first time I’d pitched in this particular way.
But even though I was nervous, I was also on cloud 10. The only reason I was presenting was because we’d done well enough to make it past the pitch deck round into the Top 20!
So, I thought I’d share some of the things I learned in the process of preparing for this pitch.
I’m of course no expert, but here’s what you can take away if you’re looking to pitch to…
