Craft the right pitch: Insight in business-to-investment marketing

A new study Published In Marketing journal This suggests how startups can tailor their pitches to attract investors in a highly competitive enterprise capital (VC) landscape. Researchers examined more than 5,300 new undertakings, stating how interaction affects the decision making between expensive signals (tangible achievements) and expensive signals (oral signals).

Greg Nyillasi (Melbourne University), Shangwen Yi (British Columbia University), Dennis Herhosen (Vreege University Amsterdam), Stephen Ludwig (Dah University), Stephen Ludwig (Dahling University), Stephen Ludwig (Dehrolling University), Stephen Loodwig (Dehereen), Stephen Lood (Dehal) Insight for startups and investors equally.

“Our findings suggest that both expensive and expensive and expensive signs mature, but their effectiveness depends on how they are combined.” “Startups must carefully craft your pitches, balance the substance and style to resonate with potential investors.”

major findings

In the study, two categories of signals using startups have been identified to appeal to investors:

1. Expensive signal: Tangible indicators of a startup capacity, including:
   • financial capital: Current investment in business.
   • Human capital: Education and experience of founders.
   • Social capital: Business and institutional connections.
   • intellectual capital: Patent and intellectual property.
2. Expensive signal: Oral signal that affects investor’s perception, such as:

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• Expensive signal: While the possibility of a moderate level of financing improves, highly expensive signals can prevent investors by suggesting overwelling or limiting their participation.
• Passion: Unlike popular belief, excessive passion often backfires until strong is supported by expensive signs.
• Grossness: Detailed communication helps startups with limited expensive signals, but can appear rigid when added with strong expensive signals.

“Our study throws light on the reverse-U effect,” Ludwig explains. “It is not always better – startup requires a Goldelaox approach to its signals.”

Startup and implication for investors

Startups,

• If there is a lack of tangible achievements (expensive signs), startups should avoid using emotional language as it can come as compensation. Instead, focus on clear and moderately solid messages.
• For startups with strong expensive signs, showing passion can increase investor confidence, but can reduce alleged flexibility from highly wide pitches.

Investors,

• Be alert when evaluated the pitches that rely too much on passion without backing.
• Identify the value of attachment to startups with low credentials, but seek balance in people with strong achievements.

Yi insisted, “This research equips both the startups and investors with strategies to customize the pitch process, which ensures better alignment and results.”

Conclusions are important implications for startup ecosystems. Startups should fix their pitches, to stand out by mixing the right levels of passion, expansion and achievements. On the other hand, investors should assess the pitch overall, weighing both tangible and abstract signals to identify high-affected enterprises.

“We hope that this study again explains how entrepreneurs present themselves and how investors evaluate the startup,” is Dahl’s conclusion. “This enterprise is about promoting better matches in the capital world.”