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Entrepreneur Business Start-up Raise Money

Increase Sales - Pitch Your Business Story

By James Rickman, 3rd.

25-years Entrepreneur - Internet Sales/Marketing

Increase Your Sales & Get Startup Money Call (971) 258-5047

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Innovation Purpose

Does Your Business

Make A Difference

- Can you sacrifice to deliver results?

Know Your SWOT


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Strength

Know Your

Key Strengths

Weakness

Be Honest

Opportunity

Niche market potential

Threats

Know your

competition

1. Honesty = Success

2. Identify Weak Points

-delegate projects

- embrace team work

3. Develop Solutions

Gain Input from Others

Repeat Process

SWOT How to Beat Competition

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SUCCESS 50% UNIQUE BUSINESS STORY

Develop a passionate story

based on facts and successful

examples.

• build proto-type

• show results – profits

• define your business

plans based on data

Deliver your business pitch to bait

the hook – get prospect excited

about the possibilities.

• Initial pitch 3-mins of less

• Hooked 1-hour or less

• Prospect 1-day or less

• Sale – Investor 1-week

SUCCESS 50% DELIVER PITCH – SELL IT

Create Your Business Startup Pitch

Begin with the End Pitch Short – Bait Hook



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Leave Prospect 3-Unique Points to Remember

KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid Your Business Pitch should Begin with the End

i.e. “We Increase Your Sales”, “We Educate Youth”

“We Provide Sustainable Clean Technology” and

so on. Bait the Hook lead to further interest

• KISS - deliver simple pitch less then 20-seconds

• Bait Hook allow for questions / answers

• Provided detailed facts and specifics

• How does your products and services save money

for customers. Show your business is unique.

Begin With the End - KISS

Keep it Simple Stupid – Bait Hook



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Don’t Give Up Too Much at First Sharks will steal your ideas, innovations

and knowledge for FREE leaving you

empty. • Deliver simple pitch - KISS

• Baiting the Hook

• Facts – We save Your Business 30%…

• Due Diligence

- Know your Customer • Is the prospect Really a Customer?

Beware of Sharks




Don’t Give Up Too Much at First

Sustainable Business Paradigms

1. What are the Benefits, Savings

for Investors and Customers?

What returns on Investment

can you promise? What are margins.

2. How does your Business deliver products & services? Is your workflow process cost effective capable of large scale production?

3. How does your Business

Measure success and failures?

How rapidly can your business

Innovate new products and services

Learning from a failure?

Is your business plan truly sustainable,

cost effective and valuable to customers?




**Sustainable business can survive long-term, achieve market leadership,

innovate new disruptive products and improve people’s lifestyle.

How fast will consumers adapt to your new product or services? Is your product compatible with current brand names and market leaders? Does your business create value at low or affordable prices? Can you show the marketplace exists for growth opportunities? Are your profit margins stable?

Consumer Market Adaptability

Geographic Region - fictional data

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

United States 1254 1254 1254 1254

Europe and Asia 324 324 324 324

Australia 32 32 32 32

South America 2 2 2 2

Canada 1 1 1 1

Mexico 1 1 1 1

TOTALS 1614 1614 1614 1614




Develop Partners - Achieve Market Leadership

When pitching to venture capital

investors tailor your presentation

to the audience. Print materials -

hand-out copies. Dress well.

•Bond with audience find

common ground

•Keep steady pace in

presentation

•Voice fluctuation - energy

•Call-on audience ask questions –

interactive

• close with call to action

- Invest in us today don’t wait

Pitching to Venture Capital - Rule always get Non-Disclosure Agreement

“I don’t have that answer now but give me

your contact information I will follow-up”

Practice Your 12-slides in 20-minutes

Pitch Story

Ask Questions

Listen to Feedback

Transition Response

Answer concerns

Close call for Action




Rickman’s FIVE Golden Rules

to Obtain Start-up Funding

Venture Capital include:

1. Compelling Idea – unique game changer

– disruptive innovations solves market

demand needs

2. Team credibility to launch & attract talent

3. Innovation ability to create new

profitable products and services

4. Competitive Advantage in product,

distribution , R&D and human resources

5. Financial returns on investment and

sustainable high profits margins

Critical Factors to Startup Funding

Expenses

1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr

IT / R&D Product Development

Human Resources

Training Development

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The entrepreneur’s path to

success requires a true

passion and lots of hard work

to achieve your goals.

Stay focused, keep the Faith

that your product or services

are making a difference by

improving people’s lives.

Expect to fail at times but

never quit. Ultimately, you

will gain rewards and

achieve your dreams.

Entrepreneur Startup Road to Success

Idea

Develops

Research

Does

market

exist

Build

Proto-type

Launch

Services

Grow

Sales

Brand

Marketing

Pitch

Startup

Story

Business

Plan

Venture

Capital

Always pursue your Dreams !




Plant Your Little Seeds Everywhere

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