Jonathan Bullock
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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Jonathan Bullock
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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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Jonathan Bullock
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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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Jonathan Bullock
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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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Jonathan Bullock
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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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Jonathan Bullock
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Elevate your presentation with greater SUBSTANCE
Congratulations, you have created your presentation. It is good but not great and while you have created something you aren’t confident...
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Jonathan Bullock
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The 1-2-6-10-20-60 rules of slide writing
If you haven’t created a slide deck before or maybe it has just been a while it can be a daunting process to create all that content....
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Jonathan Bullock
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George Orwell's '6 rules for writing' to guide your presentation!
Writing doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Yet for your presentation, you will need to not only write but write well. Slides do not have...
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Jonathan Bullock
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A quick guide to harmonizing your presentation
As you are probably an entrepreneur, your presentation is very likely to contain all the right business and financial content that it...
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Jonathan Bullock
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These are the slides that your fundraising pitch deck must have
Crafting the perfect pitch deck and including the right content to convince the VCs to invest is a stressful process. There is a lot to...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Write your pitch deck faster with these 10 hacks
A winning pitch deck takes time to write, and it isn’t a process you can rush, if you want it to be good. However, from my own experience...
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Jonathan Bullock
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10 tips to reduce the complexity of your pitch deck
The age-old acronym KISS or Keep it Simple Stupid is just as applicable when it comes to creating your pitch deck as it is anything else....
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Jonathan Bullock
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3 quick ways to improve focus in the workplace
Things can go wrong if your team doesn't understand their expectations or functions and duties. By managing boundaries and expectations,...
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Jonathan Bullock
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The 5 stages of writing a perfect presentation
Writing a pitch deck is not something you can do the night before. It takes time to craft it perfectly and considering the stakes it is...
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Jonathan Bullock
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4 basic moves to improve teamwork in your business
The first step in increasing teamwork is to define what progress involves. Fostering collaboration has less to do with physically doing...
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Jonathan Bullock
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Every VC pitch needs to have these 3 elements
Whether this is your 1st time pitching to VCs or not, you are probably aware of the importance of how well you present and therefore the...
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Jonathan Bullock
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3 quick ways to make team meetings more engaging
We attend several meetings, so we should try to make them more exciting and engaging for everyone participating. Dull meetings are no...
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Jonathan Bullock
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The 6 things you need before creating your pitch deck
Once you and your board have made the decision to seek funding from VCs you will be tempted to start creating your pitch deck. Don’t....
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Jonathan Bullock
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3 quick tips to hold better meetings
We've all been to meetings that go on forever, individuals who keep rambling, schedules prepared on the back of a napkin or even at a...
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Set stretching but realistic targets
As the leader of a startup company, you may be inclined to establish ambitious targets and hold your staff accountable to them. You and...
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