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Another LaunchVT ‘24 alum has made their way to our friends at Myti 💪🏻 Congrats to Shrubbly and its fearless founder, Matt Sayre, for 🫧bubbling🫧 up in even more households in our fierce little state. #vermont #startups #rule

Check it out! The MedTech Collaborative is hosting an outstanding panel tomorrow at VCET. LaunchVT '24 alum and Demo Night Grand Prize winner Bryn L., founder of Biobe, will be there. LaunchVT veteran coach Jeff Chu will be the moderator. Don't miss it!

LaunchVT is wrapping up three whirlwind days at Startupfest here in Montréal! Big thank you to Stephanie Beaudry for making this special visit possible and à bientôt to my new #canadian #startup friends. We can’t wait to welcome you to #vermont sometime soon!

Bonjour from Montréal Startupfest where LaunchVT is meeting with the coolest #canadian #startups and #investors! Big thanks to the organizers of this amazing event and gratitude to Hon. Bernadette Jordan and her staff for putting this on our radar.

🚀 DON'T MISS THE BIGGEST PITCH COMPETITION OF THE YEAR! 🚀 Even though Demo Night is sold out, you can still see all the action LIVE! Visit our website to access our link on YouTube: launchvt.com #vermont #startup #accelerator Lake Champlain Chamber

It's my pleasure again this year to support the LaunchVT cohort as they prepare their pitches for demo night. So this week I figured I'd talk a little about what makes a great pitch. You know storytelling is at the heart of my answer... but why? With a pitch it's so easy to get sucked into the data trap. You become so focused on making your potential investors see the business case you forget to help them see the human case. And data alone is dangerous. Why? 1) Stats start arguments. You might think your business will grow at 16% next year, but if the investor disagrees your persuasive argument turns to dust. Stats alone can lead to ‘rejecting the premise’ so think very carefully how and why you are including them. Only if they are essential and indisputatble! If you are asked about them- how will you back them up? 2) Information doesn’t lead to realization We make terrible decisions all the time when we KNOW better- eating donuts for breakfast, driving to the store instead of walking, using social media before bed. What information can you provide to make the investor BELIEVE in you? An investor can't just understand your business, they need a reason to care about it. 3) Context over content. Numbers are not enough, because they don’t mean anything on their own. The facts don’t speak for themselves- you do! My kiddo got a book when he turned 4 called Four is a little, Four is a lot.  Four blueberries is a little, Four brussel sprouts is a lot. It's the story around the stat that makes it meaningful. *** If you’re inviting in an investor, you’re inviting in a partner. A partner needs to buy into your vision. They need to see and believe in the journey so they can picture themselves on it with you. Every investor will tell you something different about what makes a great pitch- the perfect deck, the right visuals, the exact data they want to hear.   In reality, once their fundamental benchmarks have been met (rock-solid business model, good growth projections, customer experience etc) most investors base their decision on a gut reaction. They know it when they feel it. The thing that pulls them in, makes them want to learn more, realize it's potential... that's the story you tell that an investor wants to be part of. *** If you need help sharing your story let's chat https://lnkd.in/eG4HCr52 #storytelling #publicspeaking #speakercoach #pitch

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VERMONT STARTUP NEWS #41 has stories on LaunchVT's win, Local Maverick in the Big Apple, The Women's Economic Opportunity Conference, Runamok and more. #startups #Vermont #business