Give Your Marketing Strategy An Originality And Authenticity

All great pitches have a few things in common: the founder/team is wicked smart, the idea is big and a breakthrough, and the market is potentially enormous.

But the best pitches are also usually non-obvious and unique to the particular entrepreneurs story and background. Founder/market fit is important. Does the founders life story, educational background, personal struggles, Ph.D thesis, or prior work experience somehow qualify them to unfairly prosecute the opportunity they are pursuing? At our firm we always start off our meetings with a deep dive into the entrepreneurs background, and the most convincing pitches literally pour out of them with some deep connection or aha that led them into the business they are explaining. By doing so, the idea is unique/original and is presented authentically versus a canned sales presentation.

A lack of originality and authenticity is probably the biggest turnoff. Stereotypically, this can be a couple of MBAs that have been churning through different business ideas in order to find something that might make them rich. Or it could be a hired gun/former sales VP as the CEO adopting or explaining someone elses idea. In both cases, they typically have done a superficial, McKinsey-esque market analysis but have no passion or connection to the business.

Another important quality of a perfect pitch is when a founder exudes in many different ways, the confidence and courage to go the distance, against improbable odds, to make an enduring or lasting business. They come off as expertly informed, determined and unflappable during the hard questions. And they usually lay out a series of chess moves that reveal an even bigger ambition: If we do this, then we can do that

A lack of confidence is also a huge turnoff usually typified by a single slide in the deck entitled, Exit Strategy or Exit Options. This is the kiss of death for our firm.

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