Sales: Pitching investors
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Pitching investors
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How sales principles applied to fundraising improve investor close rates
The Science of Scaling
April 2, 2026
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Fundraising & VC
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- Most founders pitch before qualifying — killing their close rate.
- Ask VCs about their fund first; let them reveal their thesis.
- Wrong-fit investors who say yes are worse than a pass.
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Ten things founders should never say to investors when pitching
TK Kader
March 1, 2026
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Fundraising & VC
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- Pre-product and pre-revenue are now disqualifying signals, not early-stage badges.
- Investors manage risk, not dreams — know the transaction before you pitch.
- Distribution and a specific market thesis beat passion and big TAM claims.
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Seven-step Shark Tank elevator pitch formula that converts
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
January 1, 2026
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Motivation
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- Clarity triggers the brain's fluency effect, making your offer feel credible.
- Lead with the problem for four steps before introducing your product.
- One decisive call-to-action removes cognitive dissonance and boosts conversions.
Prospecting & outreach
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How to sell to wealthy clients using pitch, context, and trust
Daniel Priestley
November 28, 2025
Prospecting & outreach
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Closing techniques
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Pitching investors
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- Top 10% of buyers hold 60% of total available spend
- Five context markers rich people read before you open your mouth
- Start free, deliver proof twice, then name a constraint to unlock big deals
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How to make an average idea irresistible with four framing techniques
Alex M H Smith
October 21, 2025
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Vision & mission
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- Framing accounts for roughly half of whether an idea succeeds.
- Inaction is your real competitor — sell the cost of doing nothing.
- This structure works on a six-out-of-ten idea, never a three.
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Crafting a one-liner elevator pitch that makes people want to know more
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
October 6, 2025
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Copywriting
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- Leading with your title kills perceived value — lead with the problem instead.
- One problem only: value-stacking dilutes your message and loses the listener.
- Specificity in product and result removes objections before they're raised.
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Eight pitch deck slides that help SaaS founders raise funding
TK Kader
June 22, 2025
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Fundraising & VC
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- Pre-revenue is a red flag — investors expect real traction in 2025.
- Distribution is harder than building; investors bet on founders who know this.
- Investors decide if you can raise the next round before writing the current check.
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How to go from zero to $25k per month as a copywriter
Matthew Volkwyn
June 19, 2025
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Copywriting
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Pricing strategy
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- Three distinct phases, each with a hard income target to hit first
- Why cheap clients are the biggest trap preventing income growth
- Premium rates require a psychological shift, not just more clients
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AI dynamic pricing for car rental: RickSalto's pitch and investor feedback
EO
April 28, 2025
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AI tools & automation
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Pricing strategy
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- Manual pricing across hundreds of variables guarantees errors and lost revenue
- Revenue-share contracts fail because seasonality makes baselines impossible to agree
- Show your customer count first — validation before product earns investor attention
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Scaling a copywriting business from six figures to seven
Matthew Volkwyn
April 18, 2025
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Management
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Pricing strategy
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- Higher-leverage copy projects unlock income ceilings faster than volume
- Consulting: one client paid $15k for calls worth $500k to their business
- Agency and offer paths suit different personalities — choose based on honest self-assessment
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How to raise $17M in 14 days and build momentum
EO
March 9, 2025
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Fundraising & VC
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Prospecting & outreach
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- Compress fundraising using weekly meetings, founder intros, and competitive tension.
- B2B support market shift to chat channels creates $10B+ opportunity for new software.
- Persistence through pivot hell, team alignment, and fundamentals beat tactical genius.
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How to craft a compelling elevator pitch in six steps
StoryBrand With Donald Miller
March 7, 2025
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Copywriting
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- Name the customer's pain first — they lean in immediately
- Permission-based close beats asking for money every time
- Repeat the pitch twice; the second pass drives the decision
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Five-part pitch framework to hook anyone in 30 seconds
KeyPersonOfInfluence
December 29, 2024
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Public speaking
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- Name, Same, Fame, Aim, Game packs a full story in 30 seconds.
- Boring 'same' creates the energy dip that makes 'fame' land harder.
- Listeners self-select in or out quickly, saving everyone's time.
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Offer publishing: how copywriters can earn equity in client offers
Matthew Volkwyn
December 2, 2024
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MVP & prototyping
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Fundraising & VC
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- Own a percentage of the offer, not just a flat copywriting fee.
- Your low-ticket front end is a hidden sales mechanism, not just a product.
- If the creator can't stop reselling you, the product will convert.
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Leadership principles from a four-star general's 40-year career
Coaching for Leaders
July 22, 2024
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Copywriting
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- Command is 15 minutes a day; the rest is coaching.
- Trust built in peacetime determines whether troops break under chaos.
- History is a warning system — unread leaders become incompetent.