$5.0+ million raised
First-time CEO
"As a first-time founder, pitching your company is incredibly daunting. For me, Pitch Creator's online course boiled the art of the pitch down into concise, consumable parts that I used to raise over $1,800,000 in my seed round."
Param Shah, Founder and CEO
Factory Four
Course Overview
This online course is an efficient way to develop effective versions of the three types of business pitches you need to be successful when communicating with investors and raising capital. Just follow the steps in the course and create the following for your business:
1. Attention Grabber (Elevator Pitch)
2. Investment Summary (Read-me Pitch)
3. Slide Deck (Listen-to-me Pitch)
Leverage AI
This course includes how and when to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help you craft effective versions of the three types of business pitches as efficiently as possible.
Career Knowledge
By the end of this course, you will have an effective version of each type of business pitch. In addition, you will have learned how to create them as efficiently as possible (as opposed to having someone do it for you).
The career benefit is that you will be able to apply what you learn in this course (fundraising methodology and the downloadable templates and e-books) to other businesses in the future.
How Long Does it Take?
We have had founders work through this online course in a weekend and win a pitch competition the following week! However, CEOs/founders who are preparing to raise an equity round or apply for a business loan usually take between 4 and 10 weeks to complete this course. It depends on where they are starting from and how much they want to improve.
$250k+ Angel Round
First-time CEO
“Pitch Creator's course allowed me to raise my first $25,000 and then continue to raise my angel round.”
Winston Frazer, CEO and Founder
Danae Prosthetics
Value & Results
Compared to a Pitch Coach
If you follow the steps in this $97 online course, we are confident you will get more value out of it than an hour with a pitch coach (usually $200 to $500 per hour or more).
Opportunity Cost of Your Time
Many founders/CEOs struggle for 6-18 months trying to create just a slide deck (Listen-to-me Pitch). Check out Kristen's Testimonial.
This online course takes you on an efficient learning journey and you just follow the steps. We have had some founders complete this course in a weekend and win a pitch competition the following week!
However, founders/CEOs who are preparing to raise an equity round or apply for a business loan usually take between 4 to 10 weeks to complete this course. It depends on where they are starting from and how much they want to improve.
Testimonials - Over $100 million Raised
Just the founders/CEOs who have volunteered testimonials for our website (late-stage CEOs and early-stage CEOs) have collectively raised over $100 million for their businesses.
This is a small fraction of the over 2,500 entrepreneurs who have taken our online courses, so the actual amount raised is higher.
Over 250x Return on Investment
Many CEOs/entrepreneurs have used this course to secure their first commitment from investors. Some have gone on to raise millions for their businesses.
If you do nothing other than use this course to raise your first $25,000 (see Winston Frazer's testimonial above), your return on investment will be over 250 times the cost of this course!
Comparison
✘ Without this course:
Creating the three types of business pitches you will need to be successful requires communicating many concepts about your business that investors care about (which are also different than what your customers care about). You need to learn, organize and distill these concepts in a way that makes sense to investors.
The problem is time. Many CEOs/founders spend 6-18 months struggling to develop an effective business pitch to investors while their opportunity cost of time is extremely high.
✔ With this course:
We take you on an efficient learning journey and you just follow the steps to quickly and efficiently create the three types of business pitches you need to be successful when communicating with investors and raising capital.
You will learn concepts and work through them in the right order so you don't waste time. As you watch video lessons, you will follow step-by-step instructions and use templates/examples to accelerate your learning process.
CEO/Founder Challenges
» Challenge #1: You need to communicate effectively with investors.
For each company they invest in, angel groups evaluate ~40 companies, and venture capital firms evaluate 100+ companies.
» Challenge #2: Fundraising cannot be delegated or outsourced.
Investors are backing the founder/CEO, who must take the lead and be heavily involved in the fundraising process.
» Challenge #3: You have a high opportunity cost of time.
The time you spend fundraising is time that you could be spending on improving your product, driving new sales, and/or hiring employees.
» Challenge #4: Your business has an opportunity cost of time.
Many CEOs spend 6-18 months trying to create an effective pitch to investors by trial and error.
What Will You Learn?
(So you can tackle those challenges!)
1. How to communicate effectively with investors and improve the odds of raising capital.
2. How to efficiently craft the three types of business pitches you need to be successful when communicating with investors and raising capital.
3. Specific presentation skills for pitching investors.
4. How to "speak the language" of your investor audience.
5. Ways to practice and avoid costly mistakes.
Prerequisite for Business Pitch Competitions
If you are competing in a business pitch competition, please develop a business plan (or at least a business model canvas) before taking this course. Then, this course will teach you how to present that information to investors in the most effective way.
Please note that this course does NOT cover how to develop a business plan or business model canvas.
$3.0+ million raised
First-Time CEO
“Pitch Creator is a wonderful resource. It has been meaningful in our $1.0+ million round of investment and presentations we’ve given across the country.”
Carolyn Yarina, CEO and Co-Founder
Sisu Global Health
6-Month Online Course License
Most People Complete the Course in 4 to 10 Weeks
When you purchase, you will receive a 6-month online course license (like a semester class). This allows you to work through the course at your own pace, download templates and e-books for future use, and revisit video lessons, if needed.
How Long Does it Take?
How long it takes to complete the course depends on where you are starting from and how much you want to improve:
- We have had founders work through this course in a weekend and win a pitch competition the following week!
- CEOs/founders who are preparing to raise equity or debt usually take between 4 to 10 weeks to complete this course.
Optional Feedback Method
You can work through the course independently, but it also includes instructions on how and when to get feedback from a colleague, mentor, and/or coach on your first draft of each type of business pitch. This improves the quality of your business pitches and it typically takes between 4 and 10 weeks to complete the course this way.
$30+ million raised
Late-Stage CEO
"Pitch Creator helped me professionalize my investor presentation. I knew my business and industry well but did not know how to communicate it effectively to investors."
Michael Keeler, CEO & Founder
LeaseAccelerator
How is This Course Different?
(from other learning resources out there)
1. Most other learning materials concentrate on the slide deck, which is used last and the least important (a longer topic for another time). This course improves your odds of getting an investment by teaching you how to develop all three types of business pitches to investors, which you will need to be successful.
2. Other learning resources are not curated for learning efficiency. We designed this course to be the most efficient way to create an effective pitch to investors.
3. Most other learning resources focus only on startups. What you learn in this course are fundamental principles of communicating with investors and raising capital, which can be applied to:
- Small/traditional companies with defined business models; and
- Startups looking to disrupt large markets with new business models.
Course Chapters
The online course chapters are a combination of:
- Lessons (written and video); and
- Templates and e-books, which you can download for future use.
The online course chapter summaries are:
✦ Welcome Chapter: Overview and Strategies for Efficiency
✦ Chapter 1: Getting Started. Fundraising mindset, how to attack common fundraising challenges, and how this course will help.
✦ Chapter 2: Investment Summary (Read-me Pitch). Use this type of pitch for email (or print) and get investors interested in your business before you meet them in person.
✦ Chapter 3: Basic Presentation Skills. What you need to know, so you don't waste time when creating your slide deck.
✦ Chapter 4: The Slide Deck (Listen-to-Me Pitch). Use this pitch to deliver your verbal presentation to investors and you will have their full attention the entire time.
✦ Chapter 5: The Elevator Pitch. This is your shortest pitch and how you will initially grab a potential investor's attention.
✦ Chapter 6: Optional Deep Dive - Advanced Slide Deck. After you have created all three versions of your business pitches using the templates in this course, this optional chapter has additional resources to help take your slide deck to the next level.
✦ Chapter 7: Appendix. Additional Pitch Creator resources and recommended reading for further study.
Video Lesson Previews
▶ Introduction: Lesson 1
▶ Presentation Skills: Lesson 1
Your Instructor
Jason Tagler
Jason Tagler has 20 years of experience investing in private companies. Prior to that, as an investment banker, he helped CEOs prepare their business pitches to investors for initial public offerings (IPO) and merger/sale transactions (M&A).
Mr. Tagler founded Pitch Creator in 2014 to teach entrepreneurs in the Baltimore area how to communicate with investors and raise capital for their businesses.
Since then, Pitch Creator's online courses have been used by:
- CEOs/Founders
- College/University Instructors
- Other Educators - at workforce development and social impact programs, incubators/accelerators, and angel groups.
Mr. Tagler and Pitch Creator have been featured in Inc Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine Online. When not traveling for work or teaching, he enjoys hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and the Colorado mountains with his family.
60-Day Money-Back Guarantee
If you follow the steps in this online course, we are confident you will get more value out of it than one hour with a pitch coach (usually $200 to $500 per hour or more).
However, if do not feel that this course offered at least as much value as an hour with a pitch coach then we will refund your money.
Please send an email to us at [email protected] within 60 days of purchase and include the following:
- Feedback on why the course didn't deliver the course didn't deliver the value you expected (so we can improve).
- Your Investment Summary, Slide Deck, and Elevator Pitch attached to the email (if you have created them).
Frequently Asked Questions
» Does this course leverage AI?
Yes. There are specific lessons on how and when to leverage AI tools to help you craft effective versions of the three types of business pitches as efficiently as possible.
» Are there prerequisites for this course?
If you are competing in a business pitch competition, please develop a business plan, or at least a business model canvas, before taking this course.
» Does this course teach how to create a business plan?
No. This course does not cover how to develop a business plan, a business model, or a business model canvas. It focuses on the topics that investors care most about and how to present that information to them in the most effective way.
» How long does it take to complete this course?
In a weekend, you can work through this course on your own and develop the three types of business pitches based on our templates, examples, and e-books/guides. We have had customers do that and win pitch competitions.
However, CEOs/founders who are raising equity or debt capital typically take 4 to 10 weeks to complete the course depending on where they are starting from and how much they want to improve.
» What if I am unhappy with the value of this course?
See our 60-day, money-back guarantee above.