Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2013

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in another article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

I decided we''d patent a sliding mechanism on our Bluetooth, and use 3D printers to take pictures that people send to us, and my company will design a Bluetooth based on their picture, on our 3D printer. It dawned on me that I could, with 3D printing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

For example, “I have patented a new tire that will double the wear mileage at half the cost.” It should be imbedded in the home page of your web site, the introduction section of your business plan, the heart of your executive summary, and the first slide of your investor pitch. Describe technology and features, not competitiveness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. Highlight your advantages over three top competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 22, 2012

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. Have at least one backup plan, such as copies of your slides to hand out and discuss, in case all else fails. Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Tips Slides Technical Review Startup 97

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2011

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an earlier article “ Ten Slides Make a Killer Investor Presentation.” Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Slides Technical Review Startup Research 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

A perfect round number is ten slides, with the right content, that can be covered in ten minutes. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Even if you have an hour booked, the advice is the same. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Opportunity sizing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2015

For example, “I have patented a new LCD with double the intensity at half the cost, already proven locally, and I just need resources to scale for this market.” For example, “Unlike all the other LCD providers, our patented high intensity light has no blue tint or glare that looks unnatural.” Build up for the punch line at the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

File a provisional patent or other intellectual property. Prepare a slide deck to highlight product and business. Reserving a consistent website domain name and social media names will not likely be possible once your startup is made public via an investment platform.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Let me be quick to say that a plan doesn’t have be a book, and probably should start as a “pitch deck” of maybe a dozen slides which cover all the right bases. For example, “I just patented a new cell-phone technology that will double battery life for half the cost. The details can be added later.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

You can slide it onto the corner of your iPhone, or you can flip it over, and it you get a wide angle lens. I had probably spent eight months perfecting the product, and getting the design where it needed to be, and all patents filed. First of all, tell us about what olloclip's products are? Unscrew that, and you get a macro lens.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2014

So what are some of the key points that you should highlight in your investor slides to convince investors that you indeed do have a long-term competitive advantage over other alternatives in the marketplace? Here are some of the key ones: Patent protection in place as a barrier to entry.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 1: Are Those My Initials? False Confidence.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 1: Are Those My Initials? False Confidence.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. Personally, I don't like weighty board packs and I do not wish to inflict slide preparation upon anyone. gave him my favorite, "keep it to six slides." didn’t think so.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

As a startup advisor and investor, I recommend a pitch deck with about 10 slides backed up with a written business plan of approximately 20 pages, both containing quantified answers to the following key questions. This is also the place to first mention patents and any other differentiators that put you ahead of competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2010

If you have ten minutes, that means no more than ten slides. I’ve seen several presentations that never moved past the first slide before running out of time. I outlined what investors expect to see in an earlier article “ Investor Presentation – 10 Slides is Just Right.” Then match your pace to cover all the material.

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Tips Slides Startup Research 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Certainly a slide or two needs to carry over describing the product and features at a high level. Patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are very attractive to investors, since these are not easily overcome by competitors. In reality, there isn’t much overlap between the business pitch I expect, versus a product pitch.

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Product Slides Entrepreneur Invest 58

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. And here is your moment of zen … the full deck with many additional slides.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

My partner and I, Cliff Elion, have a patent pending neck technology, which enables the guitar to be made at a very accessible price point, and also have probably more functionality and connectivity than any device in history. In You Rock mode, it will map away all the wrong notes, so as you slide down the fretboard, you still sound good.

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Orange County Startup Slides Paramount 244

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors expect a one or two-page executive summary sheet for the initial screening, backed up by a ten-slide Powerpoint investor presentation. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors expect a one or two-page executive summary sheet for the initial screening, backed up by a ten-slide Powerpoint investor presentation. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors expect a one or two-page executive summary sheet for the initial screening, backed up by a ten-slide Powerpoint investor presentation. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

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Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

What I used to do is pencil out my plans for the board deck and strategy topics and my CFO would then pull together the slides and analysis. Who is leading your patent filing program? The last thing you want the CEO (or heads of sales, marketing, product) doing is sinking 3 days every month into preparing board packs. Shame on you.

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Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I started by trying to think I could explain my concept without having to patronize everybody with artificial PowerPoint slides. This approach generally works well with customers because I find it much easier to build rapport when we talk like humans than when we all stare at the PowerPoint slides being projected on the wall.

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