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Three-minute pitch script for a startup competition

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Three-minute pitch script for a startup competition

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Presentation: investor pitch for a neighbourhood coffee roastery

Slide outline

1. Title — Ember Street Roasters: fresh coffee for the whole east side. Founders' names, date.

2. The problem — Local cafés buy beans roasted weeks ago. Customers notice: 62% of our survey respondents say "freshness" is why they switched to us.

3. What we do — We roast in small batches every morning and sell within 7 days. Three pillars: freshness, transparent sourcing, a café people come back to.

4. Traction — Chart: monthly revenue Jan 2025 → Sep 2026, from $18k to $41k. Key number in large type: +128% in 20 months.

5. Customers — 1,400 loyalty members; 38% visit at least weekly. Quote card from a regular.

6. The market — East side: 3 neighbourhoods, ~60,000 residents, 22 cafés, only 2 roast their own.

7. The opportunity — Wholesale to cafés and offices: 14 businesses already asked to buy our beans.

8. The plan — Second café in Millbrook (lease offered, 1,100 sq ft) + wholesale line with a new 15 kg roaster.

9. Unit economics — Table: average ticket $7.40, gross margin 68%, café break-even at month 9.

10. Financial forecast — 3-year table: revenue $520k → $1.1M; EBITDA turns positive in year 2.

11. Use of funds — Pie chart: fit-out 45%, roaster 25%, working capital 20%, marketing 10%.

12. The team — Two founders, head roaster with 9 years' experience, café manager.

13. Risks and how we handle them — Bean prices (6-month contracts), staffing (training program), slower ramp-up (cash runway of 14 months).

14. The offer — $180,000 for 15% equity; quarterly reports; investor coffee club.

15. Thank you — Contacts and an invitation to a cupping session at the roastery.

Design notes

  • Warm palette: espresso brown, cream, ember orange for key numbers
  • One message per slide; every number shown in large type with a short caption
  • Speaker notes added to slides 4, 9 and 10 with talking points

Client: Ember Street Roasters, a small-batch coffee roastery with one café. Goal: raise $180,000 from local investors to open a second location and a wholesale line. Deliverable: 15-slide PowerPoint and PDF. Below is the slide-by-slide content.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

Three minutes on a pitch competition stage is about 400 spoken words, and the judges score the problem, solution, market, traction, team and ask, so there is no time for a long backstory or feature tour. We write your pitch script second by second: a hook in the first fifteen seconds, the problem in plain, everyday terms, your solution, proof such as users or pilots, the business case, the team and a memorable close, with slide cues if you present with slides. Figures come only from you, and the script is written to be said out loud, not read.

What is included

  • What you getA timed pitch script on the order page and as a PDF to print, with slide cues, plus the short versions and judge Q&A in your package; a slide outline comes as a .pptx file made from the text.
  • Timed to the secondAbout 400 words for three minutes
  • Judges' criteriaProblem, solution, market, traction, team, ask
  • Hook and closeFirst 15 seconds and the last line
  • Slide cuesWhen to click, and what is on screen
  • Judge Q&ALikely questions with short answers

How it works

  1. 1
    BriefYou send the rules and startup facts
  2. 2
    WritingWe script the pitch to the time limit
  3. 3
    DeliveryYou rehearse with the script

What we need from you

The competition and its rules (time limit, judging criteria, slides or not), what your startup does, the problem and customer, traction figures, how you make money, team, what you ask for, and your current deck or one-pager as PDF or Word.

We will ask you:

  • Which competition is it, and what are the rules?
  • What does your startup do, and for whom?
  • Which traction can you show?
  • What are you asking the judges or investors for?

Compare packages

PackagesBasicThree-minute script$12StandardPitch and short versions$25PremiumFull competition kit$45
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Main pitch3 minutes3 minutes3 minutes
Short versionsNo1 min and 30 sec1 min and 30 sec
Judge questions with answersNoup to 5up to 12
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  • Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
  • Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
  • Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
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Questions and answers

Our limit is 5 minutes, not 3. Does it work?

Yes. Give the exact limit in the brief, and we time the script to it.

Can you predict our market size?

No. We present the market figures you give us and mark any claim judges are likely to question.

Can you help us win?

We cannot promise a result. A tight, well-timed script gives you the best chance to show your startup clearly.

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