I listened to this 5 times - not because of how fast he speaks but because of the value of what he is saying.

Wow! I bought David's book, The Start-Up Checklist, which is giving me an invaluable roadmap for creating a solid foundation for my company. I just decided to check youtube to see if there were any videos of him and found this presentation. Feel like I've struck gold.

I am so lucky to have gotten into one on one contact with him! He even helped me out with my business plan. Couldn't hurt to personally know a VC lol. What a boss.

This is gold. Short, full of information, and right to the point. Amazing!

Content: Company Logo, Business Overview, Management Team, Market, Product, Business Model, Strategic Relationships, Competition, Barriers to Entry, Financial Overview, Use of Proceeds, Capital & Valuation. LOGO. Final pitch.

Like to be honest, putting myself on shoes of an investor - this is the exact presentation I would want to hear. He just killed it!

Awesome presentation with emphasis on; Integrity Passion Experience Knowledge Skill Leadership Commitment Vision Realism Coachability (as in ability to listen)

Thanks, this talk is really helpful! It's opened my eyes on several practical matters.

The people below who complain Rose is speaking too quickly obviously aren't from New York.

amazing presentation - so much high quality content in such a short time.

This is very good listening. Startup pitching to Venture Capital firm. Integrity, Passion, Experience, Knowledge, Skill, Leadership, Commitment, Vision, Realism, Coachability.

Good lord this guy is good at breaking stuff down lol. The best explanation 've seen on how to talk to VCs and build a business.

Great presentation, gets to the heart of it!

I think this man learn how to pitch to investor from Eminem.

Thank you SIr, a lot of appreciations!

I have David's book Angel Investment. Amazing!

this is an amazing video, very helpful and totally succinct.

Great video, thank you!

Oh that's great info, thank you for this.

With a little more finance and operations, this video is a boiled down MBA in a nutshell. Not bad. It's clean and understandable. I'm getting my MBA this winter and I'm taking this all in lol.

Classic! And still great 14 years later. Smart viewers might also notice how 9 / 10 "domain experts" will disagree with every single point he makes.

I held my breath until the end :) good info and to the point

Thank you so much for the valuable information.

This guy is gold. pay attention noobs, this is the real formula.

Absolutely brilliant !

People Integrity Passion Experience In create organization Knowledge Skill Leadership Commitment Vision Realism Coachability (+)Logical progression (+)Things I know or understand (+)Validators (-)Things I know aren't true (-)Things I don't understand (-)Things that make me think (-)Internal incosistencies (-)Typos, errors, unpreparedness Presenations: Good: Short,Short bullet points Better: Just the headines Best: Only images Company Logo Business Overview Management Team Market Product Business model Strategic Relationships Competition Barriers to Entry Financial Overview Use of proceeds Capital & valuation Top 5 presentation tips 1)Always use presenter mode 2)Always use a remote control 3)Hands outs are not your presentation 4)Don't read your speech 5)Never, ever look at the screen

this presentation is unbelievable great.

That's awesome instruction thanks

Very useful video.

Loved it.

Heck yeah. David Thanks so much!

perfect ! thanks

Gold points. Buy not possible if your pitch is 5 minutes short

Best way to pitch vc...

@instereovideos A VC presentation bud. This was an informational presentation.

Watch at 0.75X speed to make out any sense :D

It’s shocking that all of the comments are based off of this guys appearance and not the content and his knowledge base.

It feels like this video is stuck on fast-forward. I don't know what tools he's using to pace himself, but he definitely needs to upgrade to something that can help him slow down. He's NOT pitching to VCs right now; he's explaining something to a classroom audience. I'm just glad my computer isn't broken because I seriously thought the speed of the video playback was off. Now I see it's just him! :) All kidding aside, the info in the video is ok... provides at least some useful guidance.

Where was this guy when I needed him in 2005?

@icommand may i ask what business sector are you in??

@icommand are you starting your own tech company?

Amazing.

This is good advice for anyone trying to sell something

How do I get in touch with David for training?

So basically, keep things dumbed down and pretty, people will spend more if you can keep their attention without making them think very much. Anything that can draw their attention away like a lecturn, or the color of your shirt or a typo will send them off to la la land. I think this should be called. How to pitch to a VC with ADD.

Damn that was good

No actually he naturally talks like that. I've seen on Business Insider and other interviews and he's naturally a hyper guy.

@rosamond2009 I think he just talks fast in general

DUDE IT GOOD!!!

Who is your drug dealer dude? That's probably your best point.

this guy should be the windows guy on a mac commercial lol

He is most likely speaking fast because he is under a specified time constraint.

Be interestingly confident in your craft (presentation)...

I am indeed, cosmic in nature and divine by design, if that makes me a moron, so be it.

These 10 words is not only to know. Maybe to have..XD

He's a bit annoying, but that's because he's on a timer (15 min). He also didn't suggest the dumber the idea the better it is. On the contrary, he say that vision and realism is key @ 4:25. Stupid ideas have no vision or realism. I thought it's informational. Well, to each their own.

Instead of writing all that BS, people should use this video to actually learn something. You can even use this for your presentations in school. What you give is what you get.

VC? Venezuelan Cook?

VC? Voluptuous Candyman?

@AnimalPak08 don't get mad.

classic

He told us that bullet points and headlines are inferior for presentations... he presented that information in the form of bullet points.

This video is not meant for plebs.

This guy is Tai Lopez at 70 lmao

learned a few things but man.. he needs to chill and talk a little slower despite the time constraint.

maybe his pitch is intended for people whose brains are faster then yours?

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Charm school =P

I agree, the problem is that capitalism is just so susceptible to corruption and powerful control...

[01:57] "somebody who i know is straight" ahahaha how sexist =P

The irony makes me laugh, where he slams Bill Gates' pitching technique whilst praising Steve Jobs....all the while he talks about (and talks with) Power Point presentations...a Microsoft product. So to me, in the eyes of a VC, the most powerful thing to get their money is have a GREAT idea about a product or Service that people will demand.

"but I like the Vegan Commander thing better, lol" He did look a bit meat deprived didn't he? I don't think I could trust anyone with large sums of money that isn't even on my level of the food chain.