How to pitch and present your roadmap

27/05/2019 41 min
How to pitch and present your roadmap

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In this episode, Amaury and Mitchie cover how you should organize the presentation of your product roadmap to pitch to investors, incubators and accelerators. You can download the FREE template mentioned in this episode on https://myctofriend.co/10.  Pre-order a copy of Amaury's new book, Startup Without a CTO, and get an early digital version two months before the official launch: http://startupwithoutcto.com/  Show notes How to put your product roadmap together in a slide show to share with potential providers, investors, incubators and accelerators Where to download Amaury's actual roadmap template for free How to present your project in a very simple way to catch the attention of your audience How to show how everything works and how you're going to make money How to display what the customer experience is going to be and some tools you can use What a balanced ecosystem is and how to show that in the simplest way How to display the different features and versions, and prove that people are interested in your product Why we can't really multi-task and what to do about it What are the other things you need to define for your roadmap planning How to integrate how each group of people in your ecosystem sees your product What's the "secret sauce" and how do you add it to your roadmap How to show that you have control over your costs so they can trust your figures when you talk about the revenue Where you can get the worksheet to help you with computing for the costs How to best display your plan How to get your audience to take action What's the one thing you need to keep in mind Links  Roadmap – https://outoftech.com/how-development-fits-into-your-business/ Roadmap definition – https://outoftech.com/product-roadmap-definition-process/ Episode 9: Roadmap definition – https://myctofriend.co/9 Amaury's book, Startup Without a CTO – http://startupwithoutcto.com/ FREE Startup Technical Plan Template – https://myctofriend.co/technicalplantemplate/ Pivot – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_startup#Pivot Artificial intelligence (AI) – https://outoftech.com/building-a-startup-with-ai/ Healthtech or medtech – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_technology_in_the_United_States Fintech – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_technology Mind map – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map Brainstorming – https://outoftech.com/how-to-find-the-greatest-success-with-brainstorming/ Customer experience – https://outoftech.com/best-practice-build-happy-customer-experience/ Mock-up – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockup Sketch – https://www.sketch.com/ Adobe XD – https://www.adobe.com/products/xd.html Figma – https://www.figma.com/ Balsamiq – https://balsamiq.com/ Proto.io – https://proto.io/ Moqups – https://moqups.com/ Marvel – https://marvelapp.com/ Customer journey – https://outoftech.com/8-key-components-for-great-technical-specifications/ Empathy maps – https://www.copyblogger.com/empathy-maps/ Episode 4: Build your business vision – https://myctofriend.co/4 Episode 5: Know your customer – https://myctofriend.co/5 Ecosystem – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_ecosystem Episode 9: Roadmap definition – https://myctofriend.co/9 Wireframe – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website_wireframe Prototyping – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_prototyping Meetup – https://www.meetup.com/ Agile methodology – https://myctofriend.co/askmycto/how-do-i-write-the-specifications/ Why is it so hard to talk with developers? – https://outoftech.com/why-is-it-so-hard-to-talk-with-developers/ Landing page – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_page Airbnb – https://www.airbnb.com/ Specifications – https://outoftech.com/how-to-turn-an-idea-into-a-startup-specification/ Episode 8: From an idea to an innovative startup – https://myctofriend.co/8 Freelancer or employee? What does your startup really need? – https://outoftech.com/freelancer-or-employee-what-does-your-startup-really-need/ Project Quotation Worksheet – https://myctofriend.co/project-quotation-worksheet/ Startup Roadmap Definition course – https://members.myctofriend.co/p/startup-roadmap-definition/ My CTO Friend website – https://myctofriend.co/ Key performance indicator (KPI) – https://outoftech.com/kpi-the-answer-to-almost-every-entrepreneurs-questions/ Incubator – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_incubator Project planning – https://outoftech.com/project-planning-startup-style/ Accelerator – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_accelerator Internet of Things (IoT) – https://outoftech.com/could-low-bandwith-be-the-wave-of-the-future Technical plan – https://myctofriend.co/free-startup-course/ Tech management – https://myctofriend.co/products/ Episode 10: How to pitch and present your roadmap – https://myctofriend.co/10 Prototyping without digital tools – https://outoftech.com/prototyping-without-digital-tools/ Episode 11: Your first MVP with almost no tech – https://myctofriend.co/11 My CTO Friend the Podcast on iTunes – https://myctofriend.co/itunes Transcript https://myctofriend.co/10#TRANSCRIPT