Prepare and deliver an investor pitch

Overview

Build a ten-slide pitch for a business idea and present it to a panel in five minutes.

Skills you will use

Handling questionsSpeakingStructuring a pitch

Materials and tools

• A business idea
• Slide tool
• Three people to act as a panel

Tools and software

Canva

Step-by-step roadmap

1. Start

   You will finish with: a pitch deck, a recording and a list of questions with improved answers.

2. 1

   Prerequisites

   Nothing special to know first. Then collect the 3 items in the materials list.

3. 2

   Learn

   Read up on pitching: pitch deck, presentation, storytelling. Your textbook chapter and one short video are enough.

4. 3

   Plan

   Write the brief in three lines: subject, audience and the feeling you want. Collect references and make a shot list, storyboard or sketch set.

5. 4

   Build

   1. Write the problem, solution and customer in one sentence each.
   2. Build ten slides: problem, solution, market, product, model, competition, team, numbers, ask, summary.
   3. Rehearse to exactly five minutes.
   4. Present to a panel and record their questions.
   5. Revise the deck from the feedback.
6. 5

   Test

   Show a draft to three people from your audience and note where they lose interest or get confused.

7. 6

   Document

   Keep the sketches, drafts and rejected versions; they show your process. Report structure

8. 7

   Present

   Show the finished work first, then the process and the choices you made. Presentation structure

9. 8

   Publish

   Put it online as a portfolio piece with a short write-up of the brief and process.

Expected outcome

A pitch deck, a recording and a list of questions with improved answers.

Other versions of this project

Portfolio mode

Text marked "You write this" is a prompt for your own work; everything else is specific to this project.

Working as a team

Solo or up to 3. Suggested roles:

Concept and researchDesign or directionProductionEditingPresentation

Report and presentation

Viva questions

Prepare your own answers to these before you present.

• What is the aim of your project, in one sentence?
• What is the principle behind it?
• Why did you choose these materials or tools?
• What result did you get, and was it what you expected?
• What went wrong and how did you fix it?
• How could this be improved or used in real life?

Resources

Use advance techniques in canvas apps to perform custom updates and optimizationMicrosoft · Free course courseHTML5 Canvas Free CourseUdacity · Partner · Free course courseUse custom connectors in a Power Apps canvas appMicrosoft · Free course courseCanvacanva.comStartup Indiastartupindia.gov.in

Source and attribution

Original

Written by Technifyed. Free to use for your own school or college project; write the report in your own words. Added 1 Oct 2026.