What are the most important parts of the business plan that should be included in my pitch to investors?

Investors want to know about

you and your team, backgrounds, experience, etc. That includes experience with investors, valuations, etc.
your market, your growth potential, who needs what you’re selling, why, how they’re solving that need now, how much they’ll pay for it, how many of them are there.
your product or service, defensibility, where it came from, who owns it, what other offerings compete with it.
your exit strategy, meaning how you’ll get money out of the company and back to investors
what you intend to do with invested money to grow the company
what you think your company is worth.

Founders who are talking

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What are the most important questions to ask to a prospective startup lawyer?

Answered by Josh Cook – Senior Associate, Gunderson Dettmer

Great question. You should explore a few various categories: Cost - how much will this cost and when will you bill me? Experience - What other companies have you rep... (more)

What should I include in my pitch to venture capitalists?

Answered by Duncan Hill – Partner, Mantella Venture Partners Posted in Money

At MantellaVP we focus on early stage opportunities. We want to understand the founder's execution track records, their relevant domain expertise, and the special sauce th... (more)

What are the best questions to ask during a customer discovery interview?

Answered by April Dunford – Product Marketing Expert.

It really depends on what you want to find out about. I don't like having conversations about features and functions - that's your job to figure out how to solve the custom... (more)

What are the most important qualities you look for when selecting the founding members of a startup (other than that they need to be good at what they do)?

Answered by Garry Tan Posted in Management Resources Lessons

The most important quality is how well you and your team work together. Trust is everything. Ideally you are willing to spend lots and lots of time together and have fun do... (more)

From a marketing perspective what are the most important things to consider when creating content (in terms of SEO)?

Answered by Dev Basu – Founder, Powered by Search

Build a website for users and the search engines will love your content as long as your site is coded and structured properly. The most important things to consider is buil... (more)

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