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I am an investor, what can I do with QuikPitch tools?
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Enterprise QuikPitch tools help you achieve everyday investment tasks quikly, easily and effectively. Using QuikPitch, you can:
- Discover opportunities (startup ideas in clear, concise investor preferred format business plans)
- Conduct due-diligence (ask follow-up questions, learn more about the entrepreneurs)
- Qualify business plans (validate ideas and decide if they’re worth a meeting / your time)
Investors love QuikPitch because everything they need to discover opportunities are in one place. Suddenly, they’re spending less time watching long-drawn-out business plan presentations and more time closing deals.
And best of all, because it’s all online in QuikPitch, you can achieve these tasks from anywhere, anytime - it’s that easy.
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I am a startup entrepreneur, what can I do with QuikPitch?
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QuikPitch is designed to meet your investment needs. As both a collaboration application and a tool for achieving everyday venture capital investment tasks, the service helps you:
- Present your ideas to investors
- Create and submit business plans to VC’s & angel investors
- Connect and collaborate with investor
- Get funded
QuikPitch helps you achieve these tasks like never before - all online - using a single tool.
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Does QuikPitch keep my information private and secure?
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Yes, QuikPitch is designed to be a secure and private way to business plan and invest. QuikPitch does not expose or sell your information to anyone.
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I forgot my login ID / password. How do I log in?
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Click the 'Sign In' link in the upper right-hand corner of the page. You’ll see an 'I cannot access my account' link next to the “Sign In” button. Click the link. Then follow the appropriate steps and we’ll send you instructions for recovering/resetting your login credentials.
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How did QuikPitch start / who started QuikPitch?
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Committed to enabling quik and easy collaboration between startup entrepreneurs seeking venture capital and investors looking for new ideas and investment opportunities, QuikPitch was started in Silicon Valley, California.
Founded by former Silicon Valley talent with extensive professional backgrounds in the business and technology arena, management at QuikPitch represent highly seasoned leaders in today's marketplace. Together, the team brings years of enterprise business and technology experience from highly respected companies including Intel, Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Cisco.
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What should I do if I have not received the account activation email?
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The email might have been accidentally flagged as spam. Try looking for it in your spam folder. If that doesn't work, Contact Us
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How do I provide suggestions for improvement/request new features?
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We welcome your suggestions and requests for new features, always. Click Make a Suggestion
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How do I get started?
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Getting started is quik, easy and Free
1) Sign Up - When you’re ready, Sign Up to get started
2) Invite entrepreneurs to submit business plans and connect with you on QuikPitch.com
3) Start receiving business plans and let QuikPitch tools help you achieve everyday investment tasks quikly, easily and effectively from anywhere, anytime - it’s that easy!
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How does my profile look like in QuikPitch?
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View Sample Profile
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What am I to find inside QuikPitch after signing up?
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After signing up, you’ll find quik tips on how to start making the most out of your QuikPitch account
- You’ll find business plans sent to you (after inviting entrepreneurs to submit business plans to you on QuikPitch)
- You will be able to download / print business plans in PDF
- You will have the capability to communicate and collaborate with entrepreneurs
- You will be able to ask entrepreneurs any follow up questions about their business plan, conduct due diligence and decide if the submitted business plan is worth a meeting / your time
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How do I start receiving business plans from entrepreneurs in QuikPitch?
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The easiest and quikest way to start receiving business plans on QuikPitch are:
- Sign Up as investor
- Invite entrepreneurs to submit business plans and connect with you on QuikPitch.com
- Place the SubmitPitch button on your website and invite entrepreneurs to connect with you on QuikPitch
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We are a VC firm with multiple investment personnel; can we open a group account?
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Yes you can, and if you need additional help, feel free to Contact Us
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After receiving a business plan, can I use QuikPitch tools to contact entrepreneurs?
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Yes, using QuikPitch, you will be able to contact entrepreneurs and ask follow up questions
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How substantive and relevant are these business plans to what we look for as investors?
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Our business plan was designed by a group of Silicon Valley investors. Format and data persented in these business plans are fully relevant to what investors look for in a business plan.
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Does QuikPitch offer any user training for investors?
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Yes we do. We provide free user training to all investors. Our training program train individual users in classrooms, in instructor-led virtual classes, or in self-paced online courses. We’ll even come to you to train your entire team in private classes.
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FAQs for Entrepreneurs
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How do I get started?
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Getting started is quik, easy and Free
1) Sign Up - When you’re ready, Sign Up to get started
2) Create your business plan in investor preferred format
3) Present and submit your business plan to investors
4) Connect with hundreds of venture capitalists and angel investors
5) Get funded
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How do I create a business plan?
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Creating a business plan is quik and easy. All you need to do is sign up / sign in, click on My Business Plans > Create Business Plan and you are on your way.
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Can I use QuikPitch only to create and print my business plan and not submit it to investors?
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Yes, you can.
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After submitting a business plan, how long before I hear back from an investor?
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We have no control over when and if you will hear back from an investor. Some investors may not be interested in investing in your idea and may not respond. Some may like your idea and get back to you right away. A lot will depend on the quality and nature of your business plan and idea (opportunity, concept, potential, revenue model) and other related factors.
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Can I create a business plan, save it and finish / submit to investors later?
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Yes, you can.
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