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Template for a simplified investor pitch deck

Template for a simplified investor pitch deck

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on October 5, 2016

I’ve been speaking to Paul Rawlings, a Manchester based tech entrepreneur and Techcelerate Member, quite a lot these days to simplify our story and thought of sharing what we came up with.   Cover slide – logo, who you are and what your business is in one short sentence. Background – in my case, ran few technology businesses, sold few and had a problem. MVP – Built the MVP and this is what it looks like. Solution – This is how it solves the problem, which is better than how it was solved by others before. Customer development – Found few…

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Our road to investment – From Pitch 1

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on February 19, 2016

I hope this becomes a journal and I can keep sharing various experiences as I pitch my new company to investors. Pitching is such a private affair. I will try to share my experience without bringing any negativity to those who I interact. It took Doug Richard 48 pitches to get funding. It took a friend about 80 times. These are good benchmarks to have. My strategy is simple: Speak to as many as possible Don’t discount West Coast and London to bring sanity Pitch 0 – Dow Schofield Watts A corporate finance house, but we are too small for them right…

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UnifiedVU is open for business

UnifiedVU is open for business

Published by Manoj Ranaweera on September 1, 2015

Whilst this is not the official channel, going public always help me to commit more as I know I need to avoid the forthcoming embarrassment of no delivery. Without further do, I like to state that we can finally move from initial product development to start of commercialisation. Its true that we are probably 80% ready, but hey, this help us to change our mindsets and start focusing on the customer. I will post a longer article on our official blog later. We’ve also given attention to http://app.livestax.com/unifiedvu/welcome/welcome first and will update the website http://unified.vu over the next few days to…

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