Every week. Every day. Every time I finish something (a meal, a recreational activity, sleeping, working out, a phone call, etc) I the “What’s Next?” question pops into my head. As someone trying to start something up for the first time, this is an unnerving experience. From a technical standpoint, I know that we need to do [this technical thing], and [this technical thing], then bring on users and look at [this technical data]*, then adapt to the results. That last sentence is an oversimplification–I know! But I know that product timeline from my perspective of eight months programming the thing myself. Now that I am moving into the “get funding, get product, get customers, get money” timeline… and it makes me guffaw and cry just a little bit to look at that first part. But let’s take a crack at it.
The Funding Plan (as of today…)
- One Pager (Done)
- Business Model Canvas (Done)
- Research Angel Options (To Do)
- Business Model (To Do)
- Pitch Deck v0.1 (To Do)
- x-Factor (Damn it! To Do)
- Gather More Customer Stories (To Do)
- Go Pitch Angels & VCs
So today the plan is to work on researching angel options and build out the pitch deck. As a reference, I am going to model the first pitch deck off of the Guy Kawasaki’s book, The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything
So… enough talking. Let’s get to work!