First Pitch: Winning Money, Mentors, and More for Your Startup (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544507880)

For entrepreneurs, pitching is do or die. To succeed with your startup, you must persuade investors, advisors, customers, and other potential partners to join you on your journey. It can be intimidating, but First Pitch is here to help.

Based on her experiences as a marketer, entrepreneur, and educator working with hundreds of founders, Debi Kleiman shows you how to perfect a compelling and memorable pitch designed to impress.

Using easy-to-follow frameworks, stories, and best practices honed by analyzing a thousand pitches, you'll discover what works, and how to build the relationship and communication strategies you need to get your new venture to the next level. First Pitch takes you through the various early-stage funders and pitch situations you might encounter so that you feel confident and ready for anything.

In First Pitch, you'll learn the best ways to get investors and other key startup influencers to take notice and jump on board.