This assignment provides you with the opportunity to create a PowerPoint presentation in order to present your new venture idea for an entrepreneurial product or service.
In a formal presentation to a group of angel investors, your presentation will consist of 10 to 12 slides. This assignment is a short presentation that should highlight the most significant aspects of your idea in hopes that you will attract the right person to invest in your venture through both monetary means and seasoned advice. Please include your speaking notes in the notes section of the PowerPoint presentation, and address the topics listed below.
Include a hook at the beginning of the presentation to capture the audience’s attention quickly, and establish a rapport with the audience. Include a statement recognizing how historical entrepreneurial activity contributes to your current entrepreneurial activities.
- Explain what type of entrepreneurial venture you want to create.
- Identify how an entrepreneurial mindset supports overcoming biases related to this venture and assignment. What biases did you encounter as you gained knowledge about entrepreneurship versus traditional business ventures?
- Differentiate the types of legal decisions necessary for the success of this venture (include at least two legal decisions).
- Define the problem, and explain how your product or service will solve that problem. This explains how your presentation is an entrepreneurial venture rather than a traditional business idea.
- Explain the benefits that your product or service provides. Include the business model and how your venture provides productive versus nonproductive contributions to the greater good of society or the consumer. Identify how nonproductive entrepreneurial activities support unethical leadership activities. Include one policy or principle you can implement to support ethical leadership activities.
- Describe the target market for your entrepreneurial venture.
- Explain your pricing strategy and operational processes.
- Evaluate the benefits and drawbacks between equity funding and debt funding.
- Identify your preference for this venture.
- Provide an overview of your financial projections to support the financial viability of your entrepreneurial decisions, such as the connection between the pricing strategy and financial success.
- Identify what you want from someone attending this presentation and what that person would receive by investing in your new venture. Include how that invested money would be used.
Hit the highlights without going into excessive detail. Be persuasive as you are attempting to influence potential investors. Use visual aids as appropriate, such as images and charts. The presentation style should be professional and enthusiastic.
