Perfect Pitch – Leveragent

Process

PerfectPitch^tm is one-to-one mentoring that applies proven methodology to your company’s story to prepare you for that all-important presentation, and to ensure that your story is solid, consistent, compelling and presentable in all venues. Over 300 entrepreneurs have gone through the PerfectPitch^tm process, raising over $250 million in follow-on funding and being chosen in numerous selection processes. PerfectPitch^tm has been proven successful for software, computer hardware, electronics, semiconductors, medical devices, materials, energy, consumer and other companies. PerfectPitch^tm helps technology companies get the story straight, make a great presentation and raise the funding they need to grow.

Ask yourself or your entrepreneurs

Are you prepared if...

An investor invites you to make a short presentation on your idea and company.
You are selected to make a 20-minute pitch to an early-stage investment structure.
A local TV station wants to interview you and do a short piece on your company.

These are make or break opportunities for your entrepreneurial idea and company. You know that your idea is good. You’re confident in your business approach. You’ve protected your IP. The team is awesome. Your presentation doesn’t get anyone excited, though. In fact, it sometimes confuses people. You need help. That’s where PerfectPitch^tm comes in.

**How PerfectPitch^tm came about**

After raising venture capital for my last company, I left the for-profit world for what I thought was a “two-year give-back gig” with JumpStart in Cleveland. I was soon assigned to help a fledgling entrepreneur with a solid technology, but limited presentation experience and ability, prepare to compete with five other companies for a single JumpStart funding award. We got it done, he did well, but it was arduous. I realized that I needed a more efficient, process-oriented approach.

Over the course of mentoring literally over 300 entrepreneurial teams, the PerfectPitch^tm methodology developed and improved. Today, it not only continues this tradition, but has been modified for other applications, including slide decks for U.S. Air Force SBIR/STTR proposals. PerfectPitch^tm helps technology companies get the story straight, make a great presentation and raise the funding they need to grow.

Investor Presentations are a challenge!

High growth investors, whether venture capitalists or other early-stage investment structures, expect a crisp, strongly messaged presentation that tells them:

How your idea can make them money with explosive growth
Why your solution matters to customers
Just enough of your technology to get the “secret sauce”
How you protect your IP
Why your team is the one to drive success.

Making it even harder, you will likely have to present all of this in twenty minutes, but be ready to do it in five minutes or an hour. The same old “business plan formula” that you might have learned in school won’t cut it and is likely a ticket to rejection.

So much more than slide preparation and pitch practice

As you prepare for a presentation, having great looking slides is important. So is practicing and honing your pitch.

There is so much more that’s important, however. Testing and evaluating your messaging, ensuring that you can explain and defend your business model and value proposition are extremely important. PerfectPitch^tm includes a strong aspect of real-time business planning, ensuring that you are confident and able to answer the difficult questions investors and investment groups ask.

Every detail matters. “Standard” pitch coaching doesn’t cut it. If a pitch preparation process doesn’t include all of the areas depicted to the right, it isn’t doing the job.

PerfectPitch^tm - There’s nothing else like it.

The process works

The PerfectPitch^tm process has worked for hundreds of entrepreneurs. Each implementation is unique, but always contains the elements above and is:

Works for nearly any company or business area and many ways to access it

PerfectPitch^tm began as and continues to be a process and vehicle for helping entrepreneurs prepare for venture capital and other risk-capital presentations. It can, however, be highly effective in other applications, including:

Corporate strategy, marketing, product and training

SBIR and STTR submitted slide decks

Government agency sponsored Pitch Days

Partner Presentations

PerfectPitch™ is available for:

Testimonials

PerfectPitch^tm was extremely helpful in preparing our team for our investor pitch, providing guidance on content, layout, presentation flow, visuals, and wording. His advice was critical in making our complex high-tech presentation clear and understandable to our audience.

Courtney Gras

COO, Design Flux Technologies

The PerfectPitch^tm process was instrumental to Skysun's successful grant and funding application. Chris's business acumen, people skills and ability to help me tell my story made all the difference in crafting a winning presentation.

Founder and CEO, SkySun

Designer

PerfectPitch^tm was invaluable to my company's development. When I founded my company, I didn't know the first thing about fundraising. After working with Chris, I went on a winning streak, winning three pitch competitions in just 3 short months. I couldn't have done it without him.

Niki Zmij

Founding CEO, Amplified Wind Solutions

Leveragent coached us through the process of applying and successfully obtaining a seed funding grant to get us started. The feedback and suggestions Chris offered were extremely valuable. I can't imagine navigating this process without him.

Randy Solganik

CEO & Founder, City Thermoelectrics

Chris Mather provided considerable help when we applied for seed funding. He gave us guidance on what, and what not to put in the presentation, and how it should look. He knew investor hot buttons and what they would be looking for. It made the difference – we were selected for funding

Bill Whittenberger

CEO/Founder, Catacel Corporation