Friday, January 16, 2015

Startup #1 How Not to Pitch a Billionaire Pt. 2

I listened to the second half of this podcast today. Here are my notes. 

After the interview, Blumberg decided to give Sacca his pitch. Sacca agreed, and made Blumberg come on a walk with him, away from his pitch deck.  Sacca thinks pitch decks can be crutches.  Blumberg’s pitch did not go well.  I was cringing as i listened to him spill over the detail of his business.  Sacca then gave him so constructive criticism.   He said you need to invoke a conviction of success  You also should make your audience feel FOMO: Fear Of Missing Out.  He also advised of being more transparent.  Sacca then repeats Blumberg’s pitch back to him, and it sounds AMAZING.   Some other advice he gave was
  1. What is your unfair Advantage
  2. What is your exit strategy
  3. Who would buy you
These are questions he gave to Blumberg to think about and then come back and pitch to his partner.  

I really enjoyed listening to this podcast.  I appreciated Blumberg’s openness and his documentary style experience.  It was great to not only hear the story but also his thoughts along the way.  I will definitely be listening to more of these.  

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