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Get Your Venture Backed with Persuasive Data Viz: An HBR Collection for Building the Perfect Pitch Deck
Contents Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams By Evan Baehr and Evan Loomis Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations By Scott Berinato
Harvard Business Review Press Boston, MA eISBN: 9781633697324
“Successfully raising money requires sharing a big vision in a clear way. Anyone who comes to pitch on Shark Tank should read this book first!” —BARBARA CORCORAN, ABC’s Shark Tank
GET BACKED CRAFT YOUR STORY
EVAN BAEHR I EVAN LOOMIS
BUILD THE PERFECT PITCH DECK
LAUNCH THE VENTURE OF YOUR DREAMS
H A R VA R D B U S I N E S S R E V I E W P R E S S
“Get Backed is the essential guide to launching a company—not only raising money, but also raising relationships. If you’re a founder or an entrepreneur, this book has the tools you need to succeed.” —ADAM GRANT, Professor of Management, the Wharton School; New York Times bestselling author, Give and Take “This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to raise money and build genuine relationships with investors.” —DAVID COHEN, cofounder and Managing Partner, Techstars “The best way to solve the world’s most pressing problems is to start a company. This book shows you how.” —JOHN MACKEY, cofounder and Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market; coauthor, Conscious Capitalism “The ability to get a startup funded is a crucial test for a founder. It pulls together all of the larger requirements of the job—crafting a clear vision, laying out a clear execution path, and cultivating relationships above money. Evan Baehr and Evan Loomis have created a field guide to help the best founders get the funding they deserve for their disruptive ideas.”
“Even the best business plan will fail if you can’t pitch it well. Read this book to make sure you can.” —BLAKE MASTERS, cofounder, Judicata; coauthor (with Peter Thiel), Zero to One “Successful companies grow out of strong communities. This guide helps you raise friends, partners, and investors—the ultimate community to make your venture succeed.” —TOMMY LEEP, Chief Connector, Rothenberg Ventures “Founders envision how the world can be different—and invite others to join that vision by telling stories of hope, failure, triumph, and a better future. Get Backed is the definitive primer on how founders ought to tell these stories.” —JAMES K. A. SMITH, Professor of Philosophy, Calvin College; author, Desiring the Kingdom “Finally, a book by people who have actually done it! Get Backed is a staple for any startup library. It was our handbook for raising capital for our venture—and it will do the same for you!” —LAURA and BEN HARRISON, cofounders, Jonas Paul Eyewear
—MIKE MAPLES JR., cofounder and Partner, Floodgate; investor, Twitter
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