Here are some useful downloads for you to start your research
The Ultimate 10 Slide Business Plan
Here is the 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint. It’s quite simple: a business plan should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points. This rule is applicable for any presentation to reach agreement: for example, raising capital, making a sale, forming a partnership, etc.
Moneyball: 5 Ways to Re-monetise your Customer Base
Have you ever noticed when people use MyFitnessPal (or some similar app), suddenly they start losing weight and getting a lot fitter? I witnessed a former colleague, who was a regular international business traveller (and prone to eating “road” food from airports and restaurants), undergo a total transformation by losing 30 kg over one year. His secret? An app!
The 1 Trait All Successful People Have
It’s a lot simpler than you think. What I’ve noticed is that being “successful” doesn’t really have to do with waking up earlier, going to bed later, drinking more coffee, doing your work upside-down, incorporating power-saving light bulbs in your office, going for long walks in the wilderness and then coming upon a babbling brook and staring at your reflection, reading books on innovation and creativity, etc.
3 Lessons from Silicon Valley for your next Sales Presentation
The lights dim. A hush falls over the audience. A geeky man walks out on stage; his backdrop is a huge screen. The presentation starts. The man presents some facts & figures. He crystallizes them with very uncomplicated explanations. And the audience start to nod their heads. They “ooh” and “ahh” every now and again when the man smiles to make a point. The geeky guy has the audience in his hands.
Pitch Perfect – secrets from 200 successful investment presentations
For the past 18 months, we’ve been using a Silicon Valley VC planning process to help companies crystallise their market approach. It’s based on a 10 slide pitch deck format and it works unbelievably well. (As you might expect, Silicon Valley likes to “science the hell” out of everything, including biz plans!)
10 Tips for a Killer Sales Presentation
Every great movie needs a villain. A bad guy. So bad-ass, you’re on the edge of your seat. You’re waiting for the next nasty little surprise to happen. Darth Vader, Hannibal Lecter or the planet Mars in “The Martian”. They’re all illustrious and compelling villains.
That’s what your Problem needs to be. Make your problem high, wide and handsome. It needs to be centre stage.