How to present to Investors

Many hackers want to get funding from angels or VC with their ideas – but chances are it is pretty hard to know what to present about. Paul Graham, an investor, has written a good piece of advice on how to present in front of investors. Advices range from what to present – how to speak well – specific elements that can give investors a good information and impressions:

• Explain what you’re doing.
• Get rapidly to demo.
• Better a narrow description than a vague one.
• Don’t talk and drive.
• Don’t talk about secondary matters at length.
• Don’t get too deeply into business models.
• Talk slowly and clearly at the audience.
• Have one person talk.
• Seem confident.
• Don’t try to seem more than you are.
• Don’t put too many words on slides.
• Specific numbers are good.
• Tell stories about users.
• Make a soundbite stick in their heads.

How to present to Investors – [Paul Graham]