Final Round Resources
Crafting a Killer Pitch
This course will help you create a killer pitch and successfully deliver it. Pitching your business is not easy, and in this course Brad Barbeau shares all the components of an engaging, well-structured pitch.
Watch all four videos and complete every assignment using our slide deck template – and you will have your fabulous pitch deck ready for practice and delivery!




Submit your pitch deck, if you want our feedback before the final round.
Jail-Free Funding
This session, entitled Jail-Free Funding, reviews what you need to know about legal issues in fundraising – before you begin!

Value Proposition
Description: Complete this module to detail and solidify your company’s value proposition.
- Download a copy of the WORKSHEET.
- Watch the video.
- Complete the worksheet.

Intellectual Property Protection
Reputation, trademarks, and innovations are the most valuable assets of most startups. Some of these assets are protected by Common Law and most are best protected by US Federal registrations, e.g., copyright, patents, and trademark.
In this session, Patrick Reilly of IP Society will give an overview of various steps of intellectual property strategy in the context of a new venture’s budgetary priorities.
This includes:
- IP Rights are a social contract
- IP Species (Trademark,
- Trade Dress, Trade Secrets,
- Patents, Copyright)
- IT-enabled Inventions
- PCT Patent Timeline
- Application Checklists
