Presentation Preparation – some critical basic points to remember when making the investor slideshow

Presentation preparation

Preparing to meet an investor requires preparation. This goes without saying. But Investee presentation preparation is a skill that requires some though and effort to get right. While there are not ‘hard-and-fast’ rules about presentation preparation,there are certain mistakes one need to think about. How are you going to present your business idea in not more than 12 slides over a 20 minute period?-Presentation preparation! If you get in front of investor with PSD Partners, it will be private 1 hour meeting, initially. This give you time to ‘pitch’ the basics of the business concept in a private manner. It allows 40 minutes for the investor to consider and question you on the issues about business that concern them.

Presentations preparation for a potential investors are important. However, it is important more because of the substantive discussion that investors will have with a potential investee company after the presentation is done, rather than the presentation itself. It is the 40 minutes of discussion (following a formal 20 min. presentation) that will determine further interest, rather than the presentation alone.  However poor presentation preparation can kill the follow-on discussion, so it’s very important to get it right.

These are basic tips to remember, but in the heat of presentation preparation, they can be forgotten. So it is always a good idea to have a check list.

Remember: You can have as many backup slides as you like, but the core presentation must be only 12 slides & 20 minutes long.

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Investee Presentations Preparation