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Ugly Talk: Investor Ready Financials (How to Nail Your Financial Pitch)
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST
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About Event
A compelling growth story is only as strong as the financials behind it. When investors dig into your assumptions, projections, and numbers, vague answers and an unconvincing model can undermine your pitch.
Investor-ready financials aren't about showing every spreadsheet. They're about choosing the right information to substantiate your growth story—and explaining it with speed, clarity, and confidence.
Why you should be in this room.
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Understand what investors actually look for in financials.
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Structure a startup financial model that supports your business story.
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Identify the key factors that make a financial model credible.
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Avoid the most common—and costly—financial mistakes founders make.
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Choose which information from your financial model belongs in your pitch.
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Prepare for any financial question during pitch meetings.
Featured speakers.
Victoria Yampolsky is the Founder and President of The Startup Station, a strategic CFO advisory firm and financial education platform for startups. She partners with founders on financial strategy, modeling, and fundraising, having supported over 150 companies across 15 industries in raising more than $50M in venture capital. Victoria is also an advocate for female founders and access to capital, and has taught finance to more than 20,000 entrepreneurs through programs including the Bank of America Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell. She began her career at Deutsche Bank and Capgemini, and holds a BS in Computer Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Who's backing this.
The Startup Station
The Startup Station – is a CFO advisory and financial education platform for early-stage startups. We help early-stage founders build investor-ready financials and tell their funding story with confidence. In the past decade, we’ve helped 150+ founders raise over $50M and educated 20,000+ entrepreneurs worldwide. The Startup Station also runs Speed Pitch, an exclusive investor-founder matchmaking event series for early-stage startups where founders are matched with 3 investors by sector, stage, and check size.
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