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Like the shaping and reshaping of your great idea, communicating with potential investors and other important stakeholders is also an iterative process. Every meeting you have should be designed to get you to the next, more important meeting. Here are a few tips from Heidi Roizen:
 * Get to your value proposition as soon as possible
 * Don't overwhelm them with too much information too soon; as with pitching, the goal is getting them to say "Tell me more."
 * Qualify your audience
 * Control (or manage) the meeting - don't let them sidetrack you

And here is Heidi Roizen from 2002
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You will probably pitch and present your business plan over and over again. To improve your chances for success, you need to find a compelling narrative to get noticed and "plant many seeds."

Guy Kawasaki explains:
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Present like Steve Jobs
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 * Find a theme and use it consistently throughout the presentation
 * Provide clear transitions
 * Show some passion. Have fun and be excited!

A presentation from the past. Good, but not the ideal.
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 * Have they correctly identified their competitors?
 * Have they demonstrated the logic of how a transaction occurs (costs, revenues, delivery)?
 * Do they offer a crystal-clear value proposition?
 * How do they plan to promote their new venture?