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Episode Synopsis
Raising fresh money in times of Covid-19 has become tough for young entrepreneurs. Dr. Tobias Reichmuth (Investor / Dragon's Den Switzerland) shares with us what really matters if you're a founder and looking for funding.
What you get:
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - How to Pitch Perfect to Investors: Authenticity! First and foremost, investors invest in people: the founder and his team. A great team can build a successful company with a mediocre product, but an average team won’t be able to be successful even with the most brilliant product.
11:55 - Company Valuations vs. Actual Value Financial forecasts and company valuations need to be realistic. No investor will buy the idea that a startup’s potential market is 65bn USD big and thus the company’s valuation is justified at 20 million without any previous sales whatsoever. Valuations is big stumbling block in many pitches, as they are often driven by the entrepreneurs’ blinkered love for the product idea. Totally detached from reality.
19:55 - Vision, Focus, Implementation Whilst showing a long-term vision is important to potential investors, it is much more important to see the HOW? to turn that vision into reality. Strategy, process, focus and go-to-market strategy, asset allocation amongst other points, need to be part of a good pitch.
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More about Dr. Tobias Reichmuth
Website: https://www.susi-partners.com/de/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiasreichmuth/?originalSubdomain=ch
YT Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3GYk_3Moo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=688241431583431
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What you get:
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - How to Pitch Perfect to Investors: Authenticity! First and foremost, investors invest in people: the founder and his team. A great team can build a successful company with a mediocre product, but an average team won’t be able to be successful even with the most brilliant product.
11:55 - Company Valuations vs. Actual Value Financial forecasts and company valuations need to be realistic. No investor will buy the idea that a startup’s potential market is 65bn USD big and thus the company’s valuation is justified at 20 million without any previous sales whatsoever. Valuations is big stumbling block in many pitches, as they are often driven by the entrepreneurs’ blinkered love for the product idea. Totally detached from reality.
19:55 - Vision, Focus, Implementation Whilst showing a long-term vision is important to potential investors, it is much more important to see the HOW? to turn that vision into reality. Strategy, process, focus and go-to-market strategy, asset allocation amongst other points, need to be part of a good pitch.
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More about Dr. Tobias Reichmuth
Website: https://www.susi-partners.com/de/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiasreichmuth/?originalSubdomain=ch
YT Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F3GYk_3Moo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=688241431583431
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More about Mentorit.TV
Sign up for our newsletter here: https://mentorit.tv
Website: http://www.principle.ch/#company
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Road Trip by Joakim Karud https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/vpssnpH_H4c
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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