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Venture Startup and Financing SIG: 

Venture Startup and Financing SIG: Back to School Nite…The How, What and to Whom of Pitching– Monday, August 15, 2011

Well yes, it is the end of summer and it is time to go back to school. But in this case we are talking about learning how to do a better job of pitching your idea-to investors, potential hires and prospect customers. Not only will you learn what to pitch (the secret slides that you should have for every presentation) but you will also learn how to be a better presenter and who you should target for your pitch.

• Secrets to maximizing the effectiveness of PowerPoint and Keynote slides
• Secrets about meetings with the right venture capitalists and angel investors
• The secret "right" number of slides to use in an investor meeting
• How to immediately win over your audience of 1 or 1,000
• What you can do to keep people on the edge of their seats
• How to use your voice and body when presenting
• How to make your presentations and demos personal
• How to leave a lasting positive impression

Our speaker for this evening will be Jon Baer, who is a co-chair of the Venture Startup and Financing SIG and a principal at Threshold Ventures. In addition to their discussion, they will be taking questions and offering feedback on audience two minute pitches. This is a great opportunity to get helpful feedback!

Speakers:

Nathan Gold, Founder, The Demo Coach. Nathan is the founder of The Demo Coach and co-author of Giving Memorable Product Demos. Nathan has given over 15,000 presentations and product demos in his career. Over the past 9 years, Nathan has been merited with two DEMOgod Awards from IDG Executive Forums for DEMOmobile 2000 and DEMOfall 2005. Nathan’s most recent achievement was granted at the DEMO Fall 2009, where he coached 4 out of 5 on stage DEMOgod Award winners and both $1M Media Prize People's Choice Award winners.

Jon Baer-Threshold Ventures
Jon is a senior executive who brings a unique perspective to the world of start-ups. In addition to being a venture capitalist, he was the founder and CEO of two venture backed companies, eBoomerang, an enterprise software company which was sold in 2006 and Artificial Muscle, Inc., a spinout from Stanford Research Institute (SRI) which was sold to Bayer AG in 2010.

As a principal and founder of Threshold Ventures, Jon works with companies around the world, serving as an advisor/mentor, working on specific projects.

Location:
Silicon Valley Bank
2400 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00 pm  Registration and Networking
7:00 - 8:30 pm Presentation

Cost:
$35 for non-SVForum members
$20.00 for SVForum members

Note: There is an additional $10.00 charge at the door - if not pre-registered.

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