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Everything I Know About Pitching VCs I Learned From Monty Python (Part Two)

Posted: February 6, 2013
By: eschultz
Category: Ascent
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For part one of “Everything I Know About Pitching VCs I Learned From Monty Python,” click here. With help from The Pythons, Matt Fates and I collaborated on some ideas to help turn your exceptional slide deck into an exceptional fundraising pitch. 5) Then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest… with… a […]

Everything I Know About Pitching VCs I Learned From Monty Python (Part One)

Posted: January 29, 2013
By: eschultz
Category: Ascent
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Most VCs number the annual business plans they see in a year in the thousands, but the implication is the same: There has to be more to distinguish your fundraising pitch than ten or 15 slides in 30-point font. That’s where Monty Python comes in. John Cleese, Eric Idle and their associates were a VC’s […]

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Everything I Know About Pitching VCs I Learned From Monty Python (Part Two)

Everything I Know About Pitching VCs I Learned From Monty Python (Part One)