Raising Venture Capital: What You Need to Know

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Need to pitch your startup to venture capitalists? This course tells you how. Stephen Pearse, a serial entrepreneur and startup veteran, teaches you the nitty-gritties of pitching and presenting that will help you maximize your chance of success with potential investors.


As an entrepreneur, you always need to be selling your ideas—to potential employees, customers, partners, and investors. How quickly your business can gain traction highly depends on how good you are in making others buy into your vision.

But how do you position and present your idea in the best light?

Drawing on 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, senior executive and venture capitalist, in this course Stephen Pearse will help you get into the minds of your potential investors, and show you how to make your pitch stand out in a sea of noise.

Although this course focuses on pitching venture capital investors, the insights and practical tips shared will help you become a better salesperson for your ideas, no matter whom you are pitching to.

(Raising Venture Capital: What You Need to Know is a derivative of Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans by MIT, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.)

WHAT YOU WILL GET

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Learn the right way to pitch your ideas that gets results
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Tips on how to approach venture investors
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Presentation techniques that capture your audience
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Invaluable advices from a seasoned entrepreneur
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12 audio lessons
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Infographic notes for individual lessons
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Assignments/action steps for each lesson
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Option to play audios offline (on computer and android phone with Chrome browser

YOUR GUIDE

Stephen Pearse
Steven Pearse has been a technology leader and entrepreneur for 30 years. He is a Managing Director at Yucatan Rock Ventures. He has been the CEO of numerous startups in the telecommunications space. Before starting his entrepreneurial career, He was Executive Vice President of Bay Networks' Internet/Telecom Business Group. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President at Time Warner Telecom and Vice President of Technology at Sprint. He is a Techstars mentor and NASA advisory council appointee.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1: How do I access the audios?

After you register for the audio program, you will be instructed to download the Soundwise mobile app. When you sign in on the app, the program you registered for will automatically load in your library.

2: Can I listen offline?

Yes. Tap on the download icon next to an audio track will download the track to your phone. Simply download the audios when you have wifi and you can listen to them anywhere you go.

3: What should I do if I have technical issues?

Check out common troubleshooting tips here. If the issue is not resolved, please write to support@mysoundwise.com.

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