Summary: How do you know what your best slide deck should be if you, as an Entrepreneur, are going to present to potential investors when you decide to get funding for your firm to grow your business? This episode of the Finance for Startups (http://www.finance4startups.com) podcast series delivers a repurposed episode by Chris Benjamin, the Rogue CFO, from his Podomatic Podcast series called "The Rogue CFO's Expert Guide to Launch a Startup." (http://traffic.libsyn.com/fgcastgain/Quality_presentations_for_investors.jpg) As an Entrepreneur looking for funding from investors, you may only have one chance to present to them in a brief, limited amount of time. Thus, you had better have the best set of slides (mainly done in MS PowerPoint (R)) to give to the investors exactly WHAT they want and communicated to them in the way that they need. You need to be effective in: - getting their attention; - giving them crisp and clear information about your firm, the market, the company management, its products and services, and the competition, and your financial status and projections; - delivering all the details of the growth of your firm and the revenues you expect as per your business plan and marketing plan; - persuading them WHY they should take a risk and invest in your firm and provide you the funding you need; - convincing them that you know what your business strategy, success strategy and financial exit strategy are. Since Chris Benjamin has been heavily involved for the past 15 years in the area of presenting to investors and getting funding for entrepreneurs, his real-world experience can be of value to you. As you will hear in this audio episode, Chris gets to the level of describing a recommended slide-by-slide approach for slide decks that has worked for Startups seeking funding. Copyright (c) 2012, Chris Benjamin Consulting, LLC. and Matrix Solutions Corporation. All rights reserved.
