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Storytelling
Alex Barrera (@abarrera)
alex@press42.com
3 STAGES OF STORY CRAFTING
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STAGE 1
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1. Problem
2. Solution
3. Market
4. Competitors
5. Technology
6. Business Model
7. Marketing & sales
8. Team
9. Milestones & projections
10. Call to action
Pitch deck
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Protagonist#1
Tweet this!
“Gather a list of bloggers/journalists you’re
interested in, follow them and interact
with them, DAILY”
Write down
“A short story describing a typical day of
your customer”
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The Problem...
Draw
“A short story showing the problem appearing in
your customer’s day and how he solves it right now”
STAGE 2
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YODA?
Is he
Cuban too?
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Tweet this!
“Gather a list of bloggers/journalists you’re
interested in, follow them and interact
with them, DAILY”
Write down
“Three metaphors that you could tell your
mom as to what your start-up does”
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STAGE 3
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Layer the story
Tweet this!
“Gather a list of bloggers/journalists you’re
interested in, follow them and interact
with them, DAILY”
Connect
“The problem story with the metaphor and
make it a story of what happened to your
user”
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Add
conflict!
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Add antagonists
Connect the dots
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Tweet this!
“Gather a list of bloggers/journalists you’re
interested in, follow them and interact
with them, DAILY”
Connect
“Each presentation concept with the
storyline”
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Keep trying
THANK
YOU!
Alex Barrera (@abarrera)
alex@press42.com
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