The document provides 10 tips for an effective 10-minute pitch, including chunking the content into four sections with a four-point agenda, identifying a "villain" problem to motivate the audience, anticipating the audience's questions, using only one big idea per slide, and ensuring the presentation style is conversational. It also recommends projecting confidence through voice, gestures, and entering the room prepared to succeed.

1. “Pitch Perfect” - Top 10 Tips for a 10 Minute Pitch

2. Top Tips – Structure and Content

3. 1) “Chunk” into 4 Sections – Then a 4 Point Agenda

4. Agenda Slide
The Need
Challenge/Problem
Proposed Solution
Product Overview
Business Plan
Current Status, Traction
Team ,
Biz Model, Market Opportunity,
Go-to-Market,
Competitive Analysis
Vision For Future
Milestones, Products, Funding
Requirements, ROI, etc.
Key Investment
Merits
*

5. 2) The “Villain” – Make Them Feel The Pain

6. Agenda Slide
The Villain
Challenge/Problem
Your Hero
Product Overview
Your Hero’s
Combat Strategy
Team , Model,
Market Analysis,
Go-to-Market,
Competitive Analysis
Your Hero’s
Next Moves
Milestones, Products, Funding
Requirements, ROI, etc.
Why Your Audience
Will Love Your Hero
*

7. Heroes and Villains
 Bad economy
 Targeting wrong demographics
 Time to market
 Security vulnerabilities
 Lack of accessibility
 Declining loyalty
 Rising commodity prices
 Finding the right information/knowledge
 Waste in the system
 Boredom
 Popular rising cultural trend
 Missing a great opportunity

8. 3) Know Audience’s Questions – Answer in Advance

9. 4) Don’t Data Dump! One Big Idea Per Slide

10. 5) One Big Idea That Grandma Could Understand
Albert Einstein

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12. Elevator Pitch – Problem + Solution and TEENY bit About Biz

13. Top Tips – Delivery

14. 6) Presentation = Conversation

15. 7) Voice – Volume, Clarity, Pace, Musicality – Breathe!

16. 8) Gestures – Talk with the Hands – Not the Feet

17. 9) F.E.A.R

18. 10) Walk in the Room at Your Best

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20. Summary - Content
1) “Chunk” into 4 Sections
Then a 4 Point Agenda
2) The “Villain” -
Make Them Feel The Pain
3) Know Your Audience’s
Questions - Write for One
4) Don’t Data Dump!
One Big Idea Per Slide
5) One Big Idea That Grandma
Could Understand

21. Summary - Delivery
6) Presentation =
Conversation
7) Voice – Volume,
Clarity, Pace, Musicality –
Breathe!
8) Gestures
Talk with the Hands –
Not the Feet
9) F.E.A.R. = Face Everything
and Recover
10) Walk in the Room
at Your Best

22. Summary - Overall
William Arthur Ward

23. I’m Here For You!
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24. Further Resources
• Ted: Amy Cuddy – Your Body Language Shapes who you are -
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_languag
e_shapes_who_you_are.html
• Ted: Nancy Duarte – The Secret Structure of Great Talks -
http://www.ted.com/talks/nancy_duarte_the_secret_struct
ure_of_great_talks.html
• VentureBeat – Donna Abraham – Why Your Startup Should
Ditch the Pitch: http://venturebeat.com/2013/02/19/ditch-
the-pitch/
• SteamFeed – Donna Griffit – Stick to Your Story -
http://www.steamfeed.com/stick-story-storify-pitch/