22/03/2024
Last year I met a successful angel investor socially, we got chatting and he insisted I needed to learn how to do a business pitch. He was kind enough to give me a couple of starting pointers. Now, when someone like that gives you their time you do not waste it, you act. So off I went on my merry way to try and teach myself this important skill. I started by attending a live Regional Angles pitch event. That’s where I met Liz Grant. I told her I was there to watch and learn how to do a business pitch. Liz then informed me of The Ideas Place and how they run a course that helps startups like mine become investor ready. They do this by helping them to create a business plan and then a pitch deck. A select few then get to go onto the bootcamp to compete in a Pitch Night competition, with the potential to win some funding. Of course I applied straight away, it was exactly the help I needed. Over the next six months I poured everything I had into my business idea, time, money, and energy. With Liz’s wealth of knowledge (and patience) I was able to compile something that I can show others and be proud of. Not only that, I then went on to the bootcamp and the Pitch Night and I won first prize!
So, thanks to a little nudge from an angel, my many mentoring sessions with Liz, and some long long hours of slog, made this all come to fruition. Now I have done my first business pitch and I have a head start towards raising seed funding for my startup Tale Mapper. 🙏💫
