UPLOAD: Q05
Question 05 emphasizes the progress you’ve made to date and the ability of your team to execute. Please Upload The uploader will take PDFs and…
Ex 05.4: Write your Q01, Q02, & Q05 pitch.
1-minute Elevator pitch If you are working on your elevator pitch, be sure to: Introduce yourself Answer: Q01. Who cares? Customer, market pain, market size…
Ex 05.3: Design a slide
Show off your successes You should enjoy creating this slide, as it will showcase your successes to date. Always take a moment to celebrate even…
Ex 05.2: Highlight your accomplishments
Next, build some substance into the timeline you made for your risk spectrum in the previous exercise. As with most of the exercises, my goal…
Ex 05.1: Establish dates for each stage
No matter far you have (or haven’t) progressed with your innovation, you are likely justifiably proud of what you have already accomplished. You may be…
Q05 vPlano: CONSISTENCY ⇒ CREDIBILITY
Up until this point in your pitch, you have focused on the big vision. You may have been able to point to tangible validation of…
Q05 vPlano: BUSINESS CONTEXT
Investors invest in execution It’s hard to come up with a great idea. But it’s just as hard to complete a useful proof of concept.…
Q05 vPlano: TIPS & TOOLS
Think of your path from great idea to product-for-sale as a continuum of risk and benefit. At the idea stage, the risk that your innovation…
Q05 vPlano: DO’S & DON’TS
Is it real, or is it vaporware? No one wants to waste their time and money on something that evaporates before they can use it.…
Q05 vPlano: FEAR & GREED
“Great ideas are a dime a dozen” Conventional wisdom claims that ideas are easy while execution is difficult. Half of that “wisdom” is wildly incorrect:…