Slide 1 · The hook
0:00 - 0:20Name the problem and the promise in one breath.
- • Company name and one-sentence description
- • The expensive problem, stated as a cost
- • Your ask: $X for Y% (say it early, not at the end)
Investor pitch prep course
Three things stand between a decent business and a filmed deal: a pitch that lands in ninety seconds, slides that carry the numbers, and answers that survive ten minutes of pressure. Work through all three here — everything saves in this browser.
Your seven-slide skeleton
A three-and-a-half minute pitch, slide by slide, with what each one has to prove. Print it and keep it beside you while you build the deck.
Slide 2 · The product
0:20 - 1:00Make them understand it without a manual.
- • What it is, physically demonstrated
- • Who buys it
- • Price and unit cost side by side
Slide 3 · The numbers
1:00 - 1:40Sales first, then margin, then profit. In that order.
- • Lifetime sales, last 12 months, this year to date
- • Gross margin % and landed cost per unit
- • Profit or loss - state it before they ask
Slide 4 · Product vs. business
1:40 - 2:10Prove there is a repeatable machine, not a good item.
- • Repeat purchase rate or retention
- • A repeatable acquisition channel with CAC and payback
- • What happens to revenue when you leave the room
Slide 5 · Market and why now
2:10 - 2:35Sizeable, reachable, and timely.
- • Who specifically buys
- • Addressable market with the source
- • Why this moment, why not five years ago
Slide 6 · Why you win
2:35 - 3:00Answer the copycat question before it lands.
- • Patent / trademark status
- • Distribution or supply advantage
- • Brand and switching costs
Slide 7 · The ask and the partner
3:00 - 3:30Justify the valuation and name the help you need.
- • Implied valuation and the evidence behind it
- • Exact use of funds
- • A specific, non-money ask for a specific investor
Next step
Once your answers hold up, draft the application here, then paste it into the official casting form yourself.