Although we haven’t organised a Social Innovation Camp in the UK for a little while (we’ve been a bit busy with Bethnal Green Ventures), we do help people in other countries run them. The most recent was in Kosovo last weekend and Dan asked me for a few tips for the teams about what they should include in their pitch. Here’s what I suggested for five slides:
- Tell a story to get people emotionally engaged with the problem you’re trying to solve and show how important it is.
- Explain your solution in words as simply as you can — show people a demo if you have one
- Explain how people will find out about your solution
- Say a little bit about how it will make money — show proof that people want to pay for it if you have some
- Tell them why you’re the best team to make it happen and what help you need.
Of course this won’t work if you’re pitching at an AngelHack Hackathon for McDonalds (oh good grief)- but that’s probably for another post.
