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23 PITCH COMPETITION QUESTIONS WHICH YOU MUST KNOW

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23 PITCHCOMPETITIONQUESTIONSWHICH YOUMUST KNOW

2016

INFOCREST

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IntroductionPitch competitions are a reality of startup life, ascommon as coffee mugs that say “Hustle Harder” orthought leaders expounding on the need for “grit.”

Still, even the smartest entrepreneur isn’t alwaysready for what competition judges might ask.During Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest tour, a seven-

city road trip across the U.S. highlightingentrepreneurs outside the major startup hubs,founders in Phoenix participated in their own mockpitch competition, allowing them to practice andpolish their answers.

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Goals

1. What’s your top priority in

the next six months?

2. What’s your exit strategy?

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The basics3. How does your

product/service work?

4. Who is your customer?

5. Do you have contractsand if so, how often do they

renew?

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The team6. Why is your team the team

to bring this to market?

7. You say you’ll have 100staffers in five years. You

have six now. What will those

new staffers do?

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Advantages8. Why is your

product/service better than

what’s already on the market?

9. Who are your competitors?

10. Do you have a patent?

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Partnerships

11. If you win the investment,what would that partnership

look like?

12. You’ve secured a strategic

partnership. Is that

partnership exclusive? And if

not, is that a liability?

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Growth

13. What’s your barrier to

capacity?

14. What’s your expansion

strategy?

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Pricing andrevenue 15. How much of your revenue is from

upsells? And how do you see thatchanging over time?

16. Everyone says they can monetize thedata they collect. What’s your plan?

17. Can you explain your revenue model?

18. What’s your margin?

19. Are you charging too little?20. Are you charging too much?

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What’s ahead

21. How will you get to 1million users?

22. Is this trend sustainable?

23. What regulatory approvals

do you need and how have

you progressed so far?

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