Pitch Deconstruction: Diving Into Your Pitch Details

On the Startup Journey, the Pitch is a key part of engagement between the Startups and outside investors. The Elevator Pitch, the 5 minute pitch, everyone on your team needs to be able to make a credible pitch about the company and what you are doing. Pitching to Angels is one of the ways that startups engage with the Angel Investor Dating process. How you present, What you present, Who presents all impacts how your startup makes progress (or not).

Practicing your pitch is a critical task for startups. Often there is a significant difference between what the Founders say and what the investors hear. What are the investors looking for in the startup pitch? What are the ways that they translate what they hear?

As a part of any Angel Group, a startup may end up pitching multiple times. Frequently, there is little feedback about the pitch. The Startup does not get to hear the conversation about what the investors were concerned about.

In the Pitch Deconstruction, any of the companies that come will get a chance to give a 1 minute pitch. There will be a active Investors at the event, and they will provide general feedback to all of the 1 minute pitches.

The audience will vote for the ones that they would like to hear more from, and those winners (typically 5-6) will then give a 5 minute pitch.
The one minute pitches should not include slides. The 3 minute pitches are able to use a slide deck.

Our panel of Seattle Angel Alumni will then deconstruct what they heard and how it impacts their decision making process for further engagement for Angel Investment. This is a great way to get feedback on your startup idea.