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Business Concept

This slide is a general business overview and the core essentials, i.e. your “elevator pitch”

• What, precisely, is the product or service that you are trying to sell?

• What problem does your product or service solve?• What types of people or companies suffer from this

problem?• What is the technology (if relevant) behind your product?• Is your business model different from the industry

standard?

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Sales and Marketing

This slide is about your customers, how many are there, how much do they need your product or service, and how will you reach them.

• How big is the market? How many customers?• Who, specifically, will you sell/provide services to? • Why will they buy/consume? • How do you position your product? How do you divide

up your target niche and execute? • How do you make money/what is your path to

sustainability? • What is the possible total revenue (if relevant)?

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Competitive Advantage

This slide is for you to give your reviewer confidence that your approach or team or technology or partners or business model is better than current alternatives.

• Who is your competition? What other organizations provide the same or similar service? How long have they been in business?

• What are their future prospects (revenue and growth projections, if relevant)?

• What alternative products or services already exist in the marketplace?

• Why are your idea and team better than the competition?• What stops other people from copying you?

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Financial Plan

This slide is to share the core financial business model of your venture. Not too much detail, but enough to give your reviewer confidence in your economic vitality and scalability.

• Explain in more detail the assumptions used for revenue and expense projections.

• When does cash flow become positive?• How much money are you planning to raise? When?• What will you use it for?• Where will you source the capital?

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Team

Include a brief bio of each team member and the role that s/he will play in the venture.

• Name – Role -- Program / Affiliation -- Mini-bio of background, work experience, etc. A short paragraph…

• Name -- Role -- Program / Affiliation -- Mini-bio…

• etc

• Plus, what advisors are helping you

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