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How important is a video pitch to investors for an early stage start-up?

Gust

If you are going around personally to talk to potential high net worth investor to whom you have an introduction, you probably don’t need a video. On the other hand, if your initial contact with a potential investor is online, then (at least in the US, although I assume elsewhere as well) a video can be very helpful.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

Start by developing an “elevator pitch,” that you can deliver in thirty seconds to hook a potential customer or investor. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following. Reach out with creative videos to influencers in your domain. Make the product or service come alive.

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5 Tips For New Entrepreneurs Needing Investor Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

Here is my outline of key deliverables that could convince me that you are a cut above the “average” entrepreneur that approaches me with nothing but a dream and a prayer: Personal video introduction with elevator pitch. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff.

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How to Create a Successful Crowdfunding Video for Your Startup

Up and Running

Whichever crowdfunding platform you choose , creating a video for it is one of the best things you can do. They say that projects with a video succeed about 50 percent of the time , compared to 30 percent success rate of those that use text only. The basic crowdfunding video structure. Get your script (and your message) right.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

ReadWriteStart

The essential components of your pitch include a comprehensive business plan with projections of 5 years along with investment offerings and estimated valuations. I have already uploaded a video on creating a business plan on my channel – [link]. Teaser documents are usually used to initiate formal communication with investors.

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10 Tips for Finding Venture Funding

Up and Running

Start with the elevator pitch and get the key points down, but the theoretical 60 seconds of the classic elevator pitch is too much. Have an extremely good quick video or a one-page summary and send that as the follow-on email when you talk with a VC or get an introduction. But don’t count on 60 seconds.

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How does someone get a meeting with angel investor David S. Rose?

Gust

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. Now comes the really tricky part: getting me to review all that stuff you just neatly uploaded.