You prepare for days, weeks or even months ahead before presenting your business ideas to possible investors. You want to be prepared since they will judge your thoughts, your ideas and planned business model. You don’t want to end up getting rejected as a result of being unprepared.
The problem is you won’t know exactly when these people will agree to listen to your pitch. They can accept your offer to come to your place and listen to your ideas at the last minute. Since you need to win the hearts and minds of potential investors, you have to adjust to their schedule. These are the things you need to do if you want to succeed regardless of how much time you have to prepare.
Gather your team
You still have time to finalize your presentation, but you can’t do it alone. Better to have your entire team with you. It’s an opportunity for you to impress potential investors, so all hands need to be on deck. You can even work overtime for a few days so you can meet an approaching deadline. You could reward your team later if you succeed in receiving the necessary funds to move the business forward.
Keep it simple
You might have several ideas on how you will present your business plan to these investors. However, you can only work on them if you have enough time to prepare. Since you may only have limited time, you need to work with whatever you have. The goal is to try sending the message clearly. Keep your presentation as simple as possible. You need to include the nature of the business, your plan to make it work, and your target consumer audience. If potential investors can grasp the gist of your business plan, they might still accept it. You also may have to simplify your presentation with back up images in the form of slides. Make them easy to understand and remove any unnecessary pages.
Don’t forget to invest in a quality projector mount so that your meeting room will be ready for the presentation. You might still face more last-minute presentations in the future, so your chosen meeting venue needs to be advantageous to your pitch.
You need to know your plans well
If you already have a vision of how you want your business to be, it doesn’t matter if you didn’t receive enough time to prepare. You can even pitch on the spot. You can even show how passionate you are with your business plan since you will be speaking from the heart. You can offer up enough reasons for potential investors to believe in your plans.
Don’t expect that things will go as planned if you didn’t have enough time to prepare. However, it doesn’t mean you will fail in your presentation. It’s still possible for you to succeed if you convinced investors that yours is a good idea worth their time and money. Some of them will be judging not only your business ideas but your personality.
If they like your leadership style and can see a potential partnership with you, and they might still invest in you.
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