financial model

Startup funding: Definitive Guide to Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling for StartupsWhether you are planning the next 1, 2, 5, or 10 years of your business, raising funds, or monitoring the financial health of your business, a well-built financial model is

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Startup Funding in 2019: The Definitive Guide to Pitch Deck [part I]

A comprehensive guide for investor pitch deck for startup funding. Learn the essentials of VC funding, key success factors and actionable tips to shine at the VC presentation

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The Pyramid Principle to Structure Brilliant Presentations

Logic and structure are interconnected. These are the two basic requirements for any presentation that is pressed for time. Many people struggle to find a proper balance between the structure and content in

Performance Metrics to Measure Team Performance

In our last blog, we spoke about performance metric measurement for a start-up. Now let’s talk about another important aspect of success measurement i.e. metrics to measure team performance.Every organisation

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Measuring performance metrics for a new startup

When you have a new start-up to take care of, you will be concerned to know how it is performing. The performance of the start-up will be critical to the long-term growth and

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13 Tips to Design a Successful Pitch Deck

Every entrepreneur, needs 3 basic things– an amazing business idea, loads of good coffee and an excellent pitch deck.  In my previous blog, I have spoken about ‘Mastering the art of presentation’. Here

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Mastering the art of presentation

A few presentations always stand out amongst the rest because they rise above mediocrity to display mastery in terms of presentation skills. Some presentations have great content, some have great designs, some have

storytelling

All you wanted to know about mind mapping presentations

In our previous blog we have written about how to create an awe-inspiring presentation template. We have seen that one of the dilemma presenters’ face today is what to share and what not

business plan

Planning to Perfection

It is easy to develop an idea and start the process but without proper planning, it is like a journey without a roadmap. You might, at any given point in time, get lost

startup

Cloud Computing: Alibaba’s Strategic Weapon

Alibaba released its quarterly earnings earlier this month. In the quarter ended December 2017, Alibaba clocked revenue of RMB 83028 million ($12,761 million). This represents a 56% jump when compared to the

storytelling

Turn Cold Contacts Into Warm Leads With 7 Cold Email Pitch Strategies

How many times have you sent a cold email and hated it so much because it was met with silence and you did not get the right attention?We all hate reading bad

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Captivate your audience with an awe-inspiring template

What do you experience when the first slide is on the projector and speaker is about to start? Whether it’s a sales presentation, one at an educational conference or an annual meet,

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10 Tips That Will Change the Way you Prepare Presentations

It was my big day! Ever since I started my new venture, I was looking forward to this day. I had my company presentation ready and it was time to present it to

investor pitch

Warm-up to networking before settling for a cold pitch

Every start-up need funds and most of the times it is managed by raising money from an investor, which can be a very challenging job. It requires an amazing pitch deck to arrange

investor pitch

The Golden Rules of Pitching to an Investor

Your investor pitch is the single most important thing that will elevate your startup to the next level in no time and bring in the fund it deserves. It is the pitch that

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Smart funding for your business

You have got a brilliant idea. Great! You have turned that brilliant idea into a product or service. Even better! But what next? How would you get the right customers to your product/

investor pitch

Creating a great Investor pitch deck? A checklist from the VCs

The company is registered, the office space is leased and you even have a front office executive.Congratulations! You are now a true-blue, 100% genuine entrepreneur.Now it’s time to get down

presentation

6 must-read presentation design tips for professionals

If you have worked on designing a compelling and beautiful presentation, then you would know how daunting it could be if you are not a professional presentation designer. Additionally, if you are also

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Crafting Presentations That Sell – Trade Secrets of a Professional Deck Maker

The corporate world is ruled by Presentations. If there is meeting – and there are lots of them – then there is almost inevitably a presentation.  An old college friend, now a senior corporate leader,

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Investor Pitch: 5 Strategies For Mastering Competition Analysis

A few months ago, we were working on an investor pitch deck for a gaming app startup. We had had rounds of discussions before kickstarting the project as part of our regular pre-assessment.