“PowerPoint plans greatly increase your chance of getting a term sheet, or at least the dignity of a quick no.” — David Cowan, Bessemer Venture Partners Summary: An introduction and elevator pitch are critical to getting a meeting. You can also provide a “ten-slide” deck that tells a compelling story about your team, product, traction, and plans. A PowerPoint plan (“deck”) is less important than an elevator pitch, and an elevator pitch is less important than an introduction. Read What should I send investors... lire la suite
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FP Trading Desk submits: When the makers of Jack Daniels whiskey bought Casa Herradura for $875-million two years ago, the company got a 136-year-old brand and one of Mexico’s finest tequila makers at a time when prices were soaring as an agave plant shortage threatened supply. But Brown-Forman Corp.
I know plenty of VCs that behave the way I do and plenty that don’t. Brad Feld, on keeping decks to himself Summary: A deck can help you get a meeting but it can also get in the hands of the competition. Whether you send a deck depends on who wants the meeting most.
PowerPoint plans greatly increase your chance of getting a term sheet, or at least the dignity of a quick no. David Cowan, Bessemer Venture Partners Summary: An introduction and elevator pitch are critical to getting a meeting. You can also provide a “ten-slide” deck that tells a compelling story about your team, product, traction, and plans.
Summary: Don’t send long business plans to investors. Don’t ask for NDAs. Don’t share information that must remain confidential. Understand that investors care about traction over everything else. In Parts 1 and 2 of ‘What should I send investors? , we covered the elevator pitch and deck.
Summarize the company’s business on the back of a business card. Sequoia Capital Summary: An introduction captures an investor’s attention, but a great elevator pitch gets a meeting. The major components of the pitch are traction, product, and team. If you’re building an interesting company, people will offer to introduce you to investors—it makes them looks good.
Daniel Andres Jacome submits: On Thursday night, California-based footwear play Deckers Outdoor (DECK) reported stellar earnings results: Q1 EPS of 86c (20% growth) vs. cons of 76c (DECK, on average, beats by 12c) and revenue of $97. M (34% increase). The company’s main line – the sheepskin Ugg boot, which accounted for 56% of the Q’s sales – posted sales of $54M, an 86% increase YoY.
Rich Skrenta, a founder of Topix and the Open Directory Project, recently wrote about Spice Girls VC: So one day a few years ago I’m sitting in a VC’s office having a chat. I had a few ideas rattling around in my head but the VC had his eyes on a then-current space which was hot.
Reuters - Stocks in Asia tumbled, with South Korea and Australia nursing falls of almost 5 percent as growing fears of a U. S. recession sparked panic, sending investors to safe-haven government bonds.
If you have a lot of money tied up in stocks, you may want to start taking your extra anti-depressants tonight. Tomorrow’s not looking good for the markets. Stocks tumbled across Asia on Tuesday, and U. S. stock index futures sank, as panic gripped markets that a U. S.
Wow: Oil prices are spiking more than $25 a barrel as rising anxiety over the government’s proposed bailout of the financial system batters the dollar and sends investors scrambling for safe-haven assets. UPDATE: The dollar is really going to get hammered, Bloomberg reports.
Three days after a record rally, stock markets have shed many of their gains. Once again, The Lede blog will be tracking markets and financial news from New York and across the world today, a complement to the business coverage throughout nytimes. com. Stocks finish ahead after wild ride |
Ce titre bien qu’un peu facile me permettra néanmoins de vous présenter les créations du designer, Harry Allen qui rejoint la sélection SENDHEN. En résine blanche, ces mains sont d’un réalisme suprenant. Le plus bel outil de l’homme pas de mauvaise pensée s’affiche dans votre intérieur, pour une déco à la fois sobre et étonnante.
C’est avec un honneur incommensurable que je vous annonce la venue du K-Bench dans la sélection SENDHEN. Préparez-vous à vivre le mobilier différemment. Clairement orienté utilisateur, le K-Bench vous offre une liberté d’exploitation et d’utilisation extraordinaire. Plus que des commentaires, je vous invite à consulter cette petite vidéo.
Nous avons le plaisir de vous présenter un nouveau venu dans la sélection, les blocks modulables REMO. Créés par le collectif SOZ, littéralement “Création” en japonais ces blocks à imbriquer permettent une réalisation libre de mobilier, d’objets, de cloisons, de luminaires… Vous créez selon vos envies, à tout moment, à l’infini.
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SendMe Mobile, a provider of direct-to-consumer mobile entertainment, has raised more funds to extend its market share for its core brands and to expand upon them. The $15 million series C round was led by a new investor, GrandBanks Capital, based in Newton Center, Mass. The round includes two previous investors, True Ventures and Spark Capital.
At times I pity Sue Decker, Yahoo's embattled president. She disappeared from sight after Microsoft bid $44. billion for Yahoo. Her roadshow to win back investors to an independent Yahoo flopped. She's been reduced to begging her new Microsoft overlords for a job. And now, even husband Michael Dovey, whom she's divorcing, has told her he doesn't want any help from her.
Rick Segal’s (a VC in Canada) recent post made me smile with recognition: It’s around 2a in Toronto, midnight here in Edmonton. summaries, plans, ideas, and virtual napkins are staring at me with an evil grin. It can feel like it is hard to get a VC’s attention. I’d like to think that it isn’t because we’re bad people, and it isn’t because we’re lazy people.
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