College Foundation Course

Entrepreneurship Instructors:

The College Foundation Course is used to prepare student entrepreneurs for a business pitch at the end of semester class (or for a school-wide event).  After your student entrepreneurs have developed a business plan (or a business model canvas), this course teaches students how to:

  • Distill that down to the information investors are most interested in; and
  • Communicate effectively to investors (judges). 


Please note, this course does not go into detail on how to develop a business model/plan or business model canvas.


Student Entrepreneurs: 

You will learn how to create the 3 types of investor pitches you need to be successful:

1. “Elevator Pitch” (introduction/teaser)

2. “Read Me Pitch” (investment summary or executive summary)

3. “Listen to Me Pitch” (slide deck or pitch deck)

By the end of this course, you will have an effective version of each.

Entrepreneurial Finance Professor


"All of my Entrepreneurial Finance classes culminate in a business pitch. We tried many different types of learning materials and found that Pitch Creator's online course worked best." 

 

Jim Kyung-Soo Liew, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Finance
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School


Why Students Use This Course?

Without this course

Creating the three types of business pitches requires communicating many concepts about your business that investors (judges) care about. You need to learn, organize and distill these concepts in a way that makes sense to investors (judges). This can be difficult and time consuming.


With this course

We take you on a efficient "learning journey" and you just follow the steps in the course. 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 use templates/examples and follow step-by-step instructions to accelerate your learning process.

$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


What Will You Learn?

1.  How to communicate effectively with investors (judges).

2.  How to quickly and efficiently craft the three types of business pitches.

3.  Specific presentation skills for pitching your business to investors (judges).

4.  How to "speak the language" of your investor audience.

5.  Ways to practice and avoid costly mistakes.

Entrepreneurship Professor

Dean of Education


 “I purchased the course and completed it. Very impressed with the content, flow, and ideas presented.”

 

Josh Smith, Dean, School of Education
Loyola University Maryland



Course Curriculum

The course includes video lessons, e-books, templates, example slides/decks, and other resources. It consists of the following:

5 Chapters:

1.  Introduction

2.  Investment Summary (Read-me Pitch)

3.  Basic Presentation Skills

4.  Slide Deck (Listen to Me Pitch)

5.  Elevator Pitch (Summary/Teaser)

Advanced Slide Deck:  15-page e-book, example slides, and slide decks.  

Appendix:  Pitch Creator resources and reading for further study.   

6 Month License

Like a semester course in school, when you purchase this online course, you will receive a 6-month license. Most people take 5-8 weeks to complete the course including getting feedback from their peers/instructor. However, the time you will take depends on where you are starting from and how much you want to improve.

With 6-month license you will have plenty of time to complete the course, create your versions of the three pitches using the course templates, and practice. You can also:

  • Download the templates and e-guides for future use.
  • Revisit specific video lessons, if needed.

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) or 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.