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February 15, 2025
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Instructor: Omodiaogbe Samuel
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Intermediate level
Familiarity with basic business terms
Recommended experience
Intermediate level
Familiarity with basic business terms
Perform adequate preparation to secure funding for your startup in a structured and visualized one page canvas
Highlight the key factors of your business plan in a short pitch to convince the investor to invest in your startup
Prepare adequately to respond to any question that the investors might ask about your startup funding
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By the end of this guided project, you will be able to use the Pitch Canvas to make adequate preparation for your startup funding pitch. The Pitch Canvas is an entrepreneurial brainstorming framework that help you to structure and visualize your pitch in one page. The canvas is most effective for pitch preparation that is not more than 10 minutes. The goal is to highlight the key factor of your business plan while leaving the details to the subsequent meeting that might require extensive pitch. The canvas helps you to focus on the important point by convincing the investors that your business is worth investing in, and also to prepare for questions they might likely asked.
For us to practically demonstrate the application of the Canvas for pitch preparation, we will use a Fintech startup company as a case study to conduct the analysis. Example of the case study would empower you with the skillset to apply the framework to your startup, or any other venture of your choice. The project is for entrepreneurs who want to secure funding for their startups. Also, for intrapreneurs and project managers who need to convince key stakeholder for funding a project or new venture. At the end of the project, you will be able to use the canvas to deliver a result-oriented pitch for your startup or project
In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Task 1: Introduction: By the end of this task, you will explain the essence of using the pitch canvas
Task 2: Statement and Pain: By the end of this task, you will state what stand you out, and the pain you’re solving
Task 3: Product and Demo: By the end of this task, you will express your product feature, and demonstrate its application
Task 4: What’s Unique and Traction: By the end of this task, you will differentiate your product, and highlight your customer traction
Task 5: Business Model and Investment: By the end of this task, you will provide your business model, and the investment requirement
Task 6: Team and Call to Action: By the end of this task, you will state who is on your team, provide closing statement, and call for action
Task 7: Why You? By the end of this task, you will express your motivation for driving the venture
Familiarity with basic business terms
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