885 VC pros can’t be wrong

The big opportunity of a team pitch is not only to communicate their idea. It is also to create something bigger than the sum of its parts (or the contents of their deck).

“Founders and management teams doing the rounds in pursuit of investment — especially those at an early stage — could give their chances a considerable boost by placing additional emphasis on their personal capabilities, passion, experience, and relationships as a team. Investors can pepper them with questions to which they already know the answers, but they’re interested in seeing how the entrepreneur thinks.”

Survey of 885 VC professionals and 681 firms by Stanford Professor Ilya Strebulaev

Is your team resilient and able to problem-solve quickly? Is the authority you project concentrated or distributed?  What is the CEO’s leadership style? For your audience, hints to these important answers can be found in how your team pitches together so it pays to workshop and rehearse those skills specifically and often.