pitch deck Archives

6 Things Every Startup Should Know Before Reaching Out to Investors

In 2021, investors gave startups a record-breaking $621 billion globally. This is more than twice the amount from the year before. Money is the lifeblood of a company. Without it, you cannot pay employees, build...

byJeremy Moser

July 27, 2022

Securing Capital: Essential Actions Startup Owners Must Take When Pitching to VCs

It’s not easy to build a startup from scratch and take it into the stratosphere on your own. Bootstrapping your business can be severely financially and emotionally taxing -- with no guarantee of success in...

byRebecca Barnatt-Smith

July 25, 2022

How to Pitch Your Business Idea to Startup Investors

Securing funding, whether for a startup or an established business, is not an easy task. A strong startup concept won’t be enough when approaching investors; you'll also need an exceptional pitch to sell it. Let's...

byRyan Sullivan

May 19, 2022

From Concept to Delivery: Tips for Perfecting Your Investor Pitch

Raising money for a startup is a long process, but an important one. Securing funding may not be easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. In order to successfully pitch investors, you’ll need to move...

byAndrew Witkin

May 5, 2022

6 Tips for Entrepreneurs to Successfully Pitch to Women Angel Investors

The stats for women in investing are somewhat bleak. Only 11% of VC partners are women, and as a whole, women angel investors have only reached 22%. On the entrepreneur side, things look better, with...

byYvonne Campos

April 20, 2022

10 Ways to Create a Successful Business Pitch

Recently, the term "business pitch" has become as popular as the term "startup." A pitch is essentially a business plan that one presents verbally to potential investors of a business. A shorter summary of the...

byVeronika Tondon

November 29, 2021

5 Actionable Steps to Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Spirit During Quarantine

COVID-19 has not only drastically impacted the health, finance and business sphere, it’s also had serious ramifications on social behavior. Mandatory quarantines have forced people to remain home for weeks (even months) at a time....

byBryan Janeczko

May 1, 2020

6 Tips to Improve Your Odds When Facing Investors

It takes money to make money. But how do you get startup funds to get your business off the ground? How do you fund your expansion into new products or increase market reach? External funds...

byZain Jaffer

March 2, 2020

Practice Your Pitch: 5 Techniques for Success

Everyone wants to have an effective presentation that really captivates their audience's attention. If you are unprepared and relying too much on a script or reading directly from the slides, you're in for trouble. In order...

byJake Fisher

June 11, 2019

How to Prepare Before Pitching Your Business to Investors

Several years ago, I was trying to raise capital for my business. I spent months working with a particular venture capitalist. After months of runaround, we ultimately got nowhere with the VC. Emails went unanswered...

byAustin Stofer

March 5, 2019

How to Design a Pitch Deck That Captures a Crowd

Starting a business is the ultimate dream for many, but often times, what stands in the way of reaching the pinnacle of success is the ever-dreaded pitch deck. Whether it’s for investors, a new partner...

byMadison Carr

January 5, 2019

5 Things You Need to Do Before Approaching an Investor

Would you be surprised to know that some of the most innovative startup ideas fail to secure investor funding? Although many startups focus on perfecting their concept, the idea itself is one of the least...

byMike Sims

November 5, 2018

How to Take Your Pitch Deck From Good to Great

What’s the difference between a good and a great B2B pitch deck? A good pitch deck clearly explains your product and what it does. It thoroughly illustrates product features, and it demonstrates how smart and...

byJohn Rougeux

August 6, 2018

Why I Quit My Job to Launch a Startup, Failed and Would Do it All Again

This isn’t an overnight success story, this is a real story. It was a mid-September afternoon in 2016. There I was, on the top floor of some swanky office, peering through floor to ceiling windows...

byLiam Smith

March 5, 2018

5 Tips for Making the Perfect Investor Pitch

You’ve heard it before and you’ll surely hear it again: “What is your elevator pitch?” Compressing passion, data and complicated work into a few key points is no small feat, but it’s necessary for introducing...

byKathleen Kelly Janus

February 8, 2018

9 Ways to Win Your Next Pitch Presentation [Infographic]

Considering what a rare commodity human attention is these days, it’s become more critical than ever for entrepreneurs to make an impact while giving a pitch presentation to prospective clients, investors and partners. Interestingly, when it...

byAlison Branch

May 20, 2017

Business Builder E-Book Series: Build Your Perfect Pitch Deck [Free Download]

StartupNation's Business Builder e-book series provides you with a FREE downloadable guide to help you start, grow or manage your business. In this guide, "Pitch Deck Fundamentals," produced by Venture Formations, you’ll learn everything you...

byStartupNation

February 28, 2017

Angel Investors Share Tips for Successful Business Pitches

As any entrepreneur knows, having support from angel investors in the early days can make all the difference when it comes to the success, or failure, of a startup company. It’s a boost just to...

byAlastair Campbell

December 17, 2016

Year in Review: StartupNation 2016

This year was one of change for StartupNation: we restructured our website to serve you better, featuring improved article layout and author profiles. Our ongoing drive to provide readers with articles, audio and (coming soon...

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December 14, 2016