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Tips for the ultimate business contest – investment pitch

Posted by Winflow – September 26, 2011

Pitching your business to an investor or a group of investors, is very much like participating in a business context, where the more innovative and viable business gets the top prize — except the prize here is all the money that needed to make a business grow.

Prepare a well structured business plan

Although it is rarely needed to show your business plan at a business pitch presentation, having a good business plan will keep you on track. This is because a business plan should cover all analysis of your company, and serve as a better basis that makes you prepared for any questions that the potential investors might have. The financial reports and forecasts in a business plan is typically what most investors are interested in, and the entire business plan also served to back up those numbers, if questioned.

Link your business to investor’s background and interests

You may or may not know the background of the investors beforehand, but wherever possible, link your business to their background, or areas of their interests. This is because venture capitalists, although are in general willing  to take more risks, still prefer investment in some specific areas than other.

If your product is ready for the market, make some revenue before going to this business contest

Just like any other presentation, it is much easier to let numbers speak for themselves at a business pitch. Therefore, it is always better to show some numbers than forecasting the revenue out of theories. It is understandable that start-up companies with limited budget for marketing campaigns don’t make great sales numbers. As a proof of market acceptance, it is essential to have sales before your business pitch.

Now you are a step closer to pitching your business to an investor. Check out pitchyourbusiness.ca today for your chance to meet a group of venture capitalists in confidence and discuss about your business adventure.

What makes the perfect investment pitch?

Posted by Winflow – September 23, 2011

What makes the perfect investment pitch? In your business presentation, you may have well considered every possible scenario and put all elements into the business pitch, but often what makes it perfect are the little details.

 

Personal Backgound

This can be thought as entirely irrelevant to the bus Read the rest of this article

Waiting for results of IMF meeting to give directions to the market

Posted by Winflow – September 23, 2011

IMF meeting in progress

Speeches from G20 leaders overnight were positive but not definitive. There were also talks about the ECB Oct 6 meeting and possible loosening of official monetary stands. It would seem that markets are very worried about an European recession and is priced in to the stocks. There is also uncertainty as to the solution to correct the insolvent sovereign debt issues, Read the rest of this article

Is the drawdown today indicative of a bear market?

Posted by Winflow – September 22, 2011

The financial market is down globally by a significant amount today. Does that indicate a bear market ahead?

 

The US Economy

Is the drawdown today indicative of a bear market?

FOMC meeting concluded silence, market down

Posted by Winflow – September 21, 2011

FOMC meeting concluded silence, there were basically no change to their policies. The market was down as traders’ high expectations were not met.

 

 

The US Economy

FOMC meeting concluded silence, market down

Market rallied then gave back its gain at close, traders vs fundamental

Posted by Winflow – September 20, 2011

Market rallied then gave back its gain at close. The market today varies more according to traders than fundamental.

 

The US Economy

No much news ahead of FOMC meeting

  • US housing starts in august dropped by 5% MoM or 5.8% YoY, building permits increased by 3.2% YoY
  • On the positive side of housing, Lennar Corp came out with earnings and report their backlog up 16%. This could be an indication of improvement in construction sector. Read the rest of this article

How to be a successful entrepreneur?

Posted by Winflow – September 20, 2011

How to be an entrepreneur? How to be a successful entrepreneur? These basic yet difficult questions make many hesitate before starting their own businesses.

A right business idea gets you on the right track

You may feel that you are born to be an entrepreneur and have business ideas flash in your mind everyday. Read the rest of this article

What’s a business pitch? Why pitch your business to investors?

Posted by Winflow – September 16, 2011

What’s a business pitch? Why pitch your business to investors?

Many may have similar questions when they are first presented with the idea of pitching a business. One of the definitions in dictionaries for the word ‘pitch’ is ‘to set at a certain point, degree, level, etc.’. And that’s probably the closest definition of the word pitch in this context. Read the rest of this article

Where to find investors? How do you find investors?

Posted by Winflow – September 14, 2011

Where to find investors? How do you find investors? Questions of such are often asked by every small business owner. Funding from investors help a business grow exponentially in a short period of time. We have seen examples such as Google, Facebook, Starbucks and ebay who all used the help from private investors that made them what they are today.

Where to find investors?

Here we refer to the geographic locations of where an investor could be found. And the answer is almost everywhere. Here are a few examples: Read the rest of this article

Is Canada a buying opportunity

Posted by Winflow – September 13, 2011

Is Canada a buying opportunity, How can Canada’s Economy get any better?