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Practice Pitch
​Breakfast
Dec. 8th, 2020

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Our Practice Pitch Breakfast is not a competition. It is a time for entrepreneurs and investors to fellowship, learn from each other and build  relationships with one another no matter where we are located. We come in as strangers and leave as family. 
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The Lion's Den DFW Application & Practice Pitch 

Michelle Braden - The Application

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Ben Howard - Third Coast Content

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Investor Feedback

1. Be a little bit clearer on what the ask is. ​
2. I love what you are doing and we definitely need it. 
3.  One of the things you have to convince the investor about is what is your model in terms of budgets and how you are going to keep costs low and how you are actually going to be successful. 
4.  One, what you just described is the bridge between the people that are creating the entertainment and then the investors. So you are that bridge in conveying that carries means it carries a lot of opportunity for us because there is translation that needs to happen. 
5.  Second, there are a lot of people looking for content now. The fact that you can drive and control that I think there is a right time and a right space for that. I’d like to hear more. 
6. In the midst of Covid we have seen a rapid acceleration with more funding happening in the streaming services. My sense is that the landscape of how most are funded and make money is really changing. 
7.  I think really figuring out the distribution and marketing side of this so he can stay away from the Hollywood studio system, stay away from the theatrical system – which can be very corrupt. I think trying to figure out this new model of the internet streaming distribution and marketing should be a part of the pitch and the plan. 
8.  I am experienced in investing in software tech and early tech and that is a well-worn path to valuations, growth, returns, and there is a model for how you would get paid back as there is a commercial real estate and so forth. I’d love to hear a quick story for those of us who have not invested in content and films of how investing returns happen generally. 

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Your Thoughts 

"Amazing information on the airline Industry . was very interested to learn what he presented and see the graphs of how the industry has changed in relation to previous years."
"Grace and Michelle made the process so easy and valuable for us to listen, learn, network and engage."
About Peter Grau: "Very insightful - a real subject matter expert."
About David Wood: "Excellent personal observations to what is happening around us now and the bible."
"I marvel at the wonderful way you are leading and facilitating this work. You are engaging and connecting us from all over the world."
"Great time , well produced Let’s get a bigger audience"
"For the first one very interesting to hear the various lines of business."
About Third Coast Content: "Ben is a very engaging and charismatic story teller."
"I liked the Zoom update where we can choose our own rooms and jump from room to room.
​I went to Ben's room and enjoyed it."
"Intresting to learn about the Media opportunities for Faith based Content and the Airline industry data."
About David Wood: "He's a well spoken person. Even a few slides, a name of the movie & platform,
​anything to share would have been good."
About Peter Grau: "Good to learn about how airlines are a vital part of the global economy."
"This seemed better with 3 instead of 4 presenters. Able to go deeper with more time."
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