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Insure your next funding Proposal is powerful, memorable and
to the point….apply the 10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint.

How do you deliver your message?

According to a blog entry by Guy Kawasaki, managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, a PowerPoint presentation should have ten slides, last no more than twenty minutes, and contain no font smaller than thirty points.

This rule is applicable for any presentation to reach agreement: for example, raising capital, making a sale, forming a partnership, etc.  He calls it the 10/20/30 Rule of Powerpoint.  Optimal number of slides: 10; presented in 20 minutes; using font no smaller than 30 points. 

This is a powerful rule that should not be ignored when preparing your pitch to VC’s, Investment Bankers, Angels, and even to key customers and new management team candidates. 

Call the Rule a variation of the military KISS principle (Keep It Simple Stupid) or just plain Common Sense.   You will not reach your audience if they are asleep during a 60 slide presentation.

With thousands of proposals to consider, a busy venture capitalist will quickly lose interest if hyperbole, minutia and excessive detail are included in your presentation.  Dimar Associates will assist you in preparing a winning proposal that will deliver your message succinctly and justify the funding you seek. 

To get you started, here are the recommended topics that your listener is most interested in hearing.  Each topic should be limited to one slide.  Adding any more will lengthen your pitch and jeopardize a successful result.

 
   
 
 
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