Freelance "Business Guy"

#1

Post by Eddyelo » Thu, Feb 09, 2012, 9:03 PM UTC

A little bit of background; I am a recent graduate with degrees in both Finance and Financial Economics (Undergrad/Masters). While in school, I was fortunate to land a few internships (Consulting/Finance/Risk Management) with some top companies (KPMG/PwC/Qiagen N.V., etc), including a startup (now defunct), where I worked for 1 year.

Here's a few things I can help you with; Industry/Market Research, Financial/Business Models, Customer Life Time Value Analysis, Cap Tables, Actionable Marketing/Growth plan, Pitch Deck, VC/Angel Investor research, and any other thing you don't feel like doing :)

Why am I doing this? Because I need the money. Why should you hire me? Because I'm probably cheaper than any other "business guy" you're thinking of bringing on your team for equity...plus I'm learning to code (Front-end dev.)

I can only take on limited amount of projects at a time, so if you're interested, send an email to eddyelo[at]gmail.com

Re: Freelance "Business Guy"

#2

Post by ig1 » Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 12:36 AM UTC

What have you personally achieved in those roles ?

(i.e. how much money have you raised using your pitching material, etc.)

Re: Freelance "Business Guy"

#3

Post by Eddyelo » Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 3:33 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #2

What have you personally achieved in those roles ? (i.e. how much money have you raised using your pitching material, etc.)

My past achievements in those roles (Pitching, Marketing Plan, etc) is not a predictor of future outcomes. In order for my pitch material to help you raise money, you must have a good product that is easy to sell to investors, and a good enough team. Same goes for the others; for my marketing plan to be of any use to you, you have to execute it flawlessly, and so forth.

Having said that, I recently worked on investor pitches for 2 startups in the DC area; they are yet to be presented, so there's no outcome yet :), but I have worked on a few client pitches/proposals for strategic partnerships (e.g. for long-term sales/purchase agreement, exclusive agency agreement), and technology licensing pitches that were successful. I hope this helps.

Re: Freelance "Business Guy"

#4

Post by ig1 » Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 5:07 PM UTC

Eddyelo wrote: post #3

ig1 wrote: post #2

What have you personally achieved in those roles ? (i.e. how much money have you raised using your pitching material, etc.)

My past achievements in those roles (Pitching, Marketing Plan, etc) is not a predictor of future outcomes. In order for my pitch material to help you raise money, you must have a good product that is easy to sell to investors, and a good enough team. Same goes for the others; for my marketing plan to be of any use to you, you have to execute it flawlessly, and so forth. Having said that, I recently worked on investor…

I think you'll find past achievement is in fact the best predictor of future achievement, hence why companies care about it when recruiting staff.

Also you shouldn't use the term "worked on" it's a weasel term, say what you personally did as opposed to just mentioning projects. So for example if you did cold calling, negotiation, etc. you should specifically say what your role was and how that contributed to the end goal.

Re: Freelance "Business Guy"

#5

Post by Eddyelo » Fri, Feb 10, 2012, 7:27 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #4

Eddyelo wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My past achievements in those roles (Pitching, Marketing Plan, etc) is not a predictor of future outcomes. In order for my pitch material to help you raise money, you must have a good product that is easy to sell to investors, and a good enough team. Same goes for the others; for my marketing plan to be of any use to you, you have to execute it flawlessly, and so forth. Having said that, I recently worked on investor…

I think you'll find past achievement is in fact the best predictor of future achievement, hence why companies care about it when recruiting staff. Also you shouldn't use the term "worked on" it's a weasel term, say what you personally did as opposed to just mentioning projects. So for example if you did cold calling, negotiation, etc. you should specifically say what your role was and how that contributed to the end…

Hi Imran, I'm guessing you're probably not interested in what services I can provide because I just looked at your profile, but if you are, please email me, and we'll get into the details of what I have done in the past. Thanks.

Re: Freelance "Business Guy"

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Post by connor » Tue, Feb 14, 2012, 10:39 PM UTC

ig1 wrote: post #4

Eddyelo wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My past achievements in those roles (Pitching, Marketing Plan, etc) is not a predictor of future outcomes. In order for my pitch material to help you raise money, you must have a good product that is easy to sell to investors, and a good enough team. Same goes for the others; for my marketing plan to be of any use to you, you have to execute it flawlessly, and so forth. Having said that, I recently worked on investor…

I think you'll find past achievement is in fact the best predictor of future achievement, hence why companies care about it when recruiting staff. Also you shouldn't use the term "worked on" it's a weasel term, say what you personally did as opposed to just mentioning projects. So for example if you did cold calling, negotiation, etc. you should specifically say what your role was and how that contributed to the end…

I agree with ig1, a past work record is the best predictor (and I imagine evidence of past success is far more important for any hackernews reader than any paper degree).

Be upfront with what roles you've played. Having to ask for further clarification just makes it seem like you've got something to hide. Good luck!