Have you ever heard the term: I’m tired of listening to you? Now, why is that term so meaningful when it comes to investor pitching? The answer is simple. Investors sit in a room and listen all day to one presentation after another. And listening is tiring. …

Hello everyone, I’m excited to share that Medium has invited me to be a speaker at Medium Day on August 12! I’ll be hosting two sessions on the day. And you’ll also have the opportunity to ask any questions you might have about investor pitching and storytelling. The first session, Ditch The Pitch Deck Template, runs from 4:00–4:30. I’ll show why you should tear apart the traditional pitch deck template and switch to the pitch cycle to attract investors.

It’s time to get your presentation ready for investor pitching. Whether it’s a send-along deck or presentation that’s going to help you in your verbal delivery, the process can be overwhelming. There’s a lot riding on the line — and this causes many founders to go into existential survival mode…

I hear it so many times from founders who are unable to raise money. The story goes something like this: “I’m tired of pitching to investors who can’t understand my product or don’t know anything about my space.” Getting one “no” after another isn’t easy to digest. But here’s the…

Everyone is talking about storytelling — myself included. But why? Why is storytelling so important when it comes to your fundraising mindset? And why should you focus on telling investors your story instead of selling them on your product? Here’s the key: investors are not customers for your product, they’re…

Up until 2023, it was easy to believe that there’s a template that works for investor pitching. But when investments are no longer in abundance, you need to pitch differently. You need to go above the noise and penetrate the attention threshold. Think about it like a parent. If you…

The process behind the problem: How to find your company’s purpose When it comes to pitch decks, there are so many templates and approaches that give the “right” direction on how to prepare your investor presentation. On the whole, I’m not a big fan of templates. I think that every founder and every company has a unique story to tell —…

In my workshops, I often ask the audience to tell me the three parts to any story. Everyone starts shouting out: the beginning, the middle, and the end! To which I say: and what’s the most interesting part of the story, the part with the car chase and all the…

One of the most fascinating books I’ve read is called Brain Rules by John Medina. John Medina is (super long title ahead) developmental molecular biologist with special research interests in the isolation and characterization of genes involved in human brain development. Now that’s out of the way, let me tell…