Jonathan Bullock
Create STAR moment in your pitch
The final hack to a successful pitch opening is to grab their attention. Seems obvious enough but in my experience, too many people...
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Open your pitch strong by getting into your flow
This is the second in a series of three hacks that I believe are necessary for a strong pitch opening. Once you are across my first hack...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Opening your pitch strong by connecting as a human
This is the first in a series of three hacks that in my experience are essential to start your pitch off strong. The opening of your...
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How to know when an anecdote is awesome
An anecdote is a story you include in your pitch to create a connection with your audience. Like any story it needs some simple elements....
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My 20-20-20 rule for Series ABCD pitch decks
During the seed stage of your startup, your pitch likely followed the 10-20-30 rule. That is 10 slides, for 20 minutes with a 30 size...
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The 5 types of pitch anecdotes
Anecdotes are a powerful inclusion to your pitch. An anecdote is a story that adds personalisation and connects your pitch to reality....
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What you need to achieve Elevator Pitch perfection
The term elevator pitch comes from the days when the average elevator ride was about 30 seconds in places like New York and Chicago. But...
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Three hacks when writing your strategic soundbites
If you need to attract and impress investors then you need to be able to grab their attention quickly. A strategic soundbite is a place...
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How to create your Strategic Soundbite
More than likely your startup has a compelling story behind it. You know that if you get a chance to tell this story you can win over...
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The Seven Sins of data charts
Charts are a powerful tool to include in your presentation. They can allow you to represent data in interesting and engaging ways and...
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Jonathan Bullock
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7 graphic design principles for charting
When charts are designed well they are a powerful inclusion to your pitch. Charts give data meaning and without data, your pitch is just...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Top tips for bullet point brilliance
Walls of text on a presentation slide can be intimidating for your viewers and result in them missing what you are trying to say. This is...
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The data insight needs to be clear not just accurate
Graphs and charts work wonders to demonstrate your ideas, messages and insights to the audience of your presentation. They allow you to...
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10 simple rules for drawing basic charts
Charts are a powerful way to represent complex information or data. Without charts, viewers are left to interpret information from tables...
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Your pitch Q&A answers need to have these 3 elements
The answers you give during your pitch’s Q&A need to satisfy the VCs asking them. Your answers should always be concise, relevant,...
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Manage difficult pitch questions with the ABC approach
No matter how much you have prepared before your pitch, you are going to be asked questions that you didn’t think about. Not only did you...
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How to prepare for your pitches Q&A
After 20 minutes of pitching, your slide deck was perfect, you hit all your key points and the audience looked engaged. Now it is time...
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The preparations you need to make ahead of your next pitch
A failure to prepare is to prepare to fail. Not the original quote but I think it's still accurate. I am a firm believer that the amount...
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Elevate your presentation by adding some SIZZLE
The final stage to elevating your presentation is to make sure it sizzles, or specifically review the styling. Good visual design is...
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Elevate your presentation with a clear STRUCTURE
If you are confident in the substance of your presentation, then it is time to review the structure. Presentations are about storytelling...
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