what we do

We Help Entrepreneurs Deliver Successful Pitches.

Why do some entrepreneurs spend months, even years, developing their company - yet are casual about perfecting the 20 minute pitch that can mean success or failure in getting a deal done?

Too often really smart people, with great ideas, fail to get the results they want from their audiences. Was it their ideas that failed? Or their presentation?

How many times have you been in an audience and, once again, realized there’s a big difference between “Presenting” and “Communicating”?

What’s your Story? And how well do you tell it?

If You Can’t Tell The Idea Well - You Can’t Execute The Idea Well

That’s how Investors think. And it’s core to what we do for you. Slide12 helps entrepreneurs deliver successful presentations. To investors, alliance partners and sales prospects. Quickly and cost-effectively.

Our tools: years of marketing know-how and expert-level communication skills training for thousands of scientists, engineers and business people.

In the end our goal for you: your audiences doing what you want them to do - getting you to “Yes!”

Slide12 Approach - Simple Is Better

Too often presenters think they can succeed if they just show more data - and perhaps talk faster. Absolutely the wrong approach. What counts is connection - not more information.

At Slide12 we start with “seeing the unseen”. Frequently entrepreneurs get so deep into the daily talks of bootstrapping they can get into “can’t see forest for trees” syndrome. Or the deadly, “if we build it they will come”.

Slide12 can bring refreshing clarity to the task of competitive positioning and messaging - highlighting the compelling benefits that turn prospects into buyers. In almost all cases we have found that Simple is Better. And while facts are important; emotions are the fast track to the brain.

Here’s an overview of how we work with you:

- deep understanding of your business

- comprehensive analysis of your audience and their motives

- developing your Story

- preparing you to tell your Story with authority and authenticity