How to Write
Published on Nov 18, 2015
A primer for startup founders to learn to write better.
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Be this guy.
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Startup Writing 101
- Write to sell
- Write to inspire
- Write to tell a story
- Write to communicate clearly
- Write to ask for money
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Write to Sell
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Lemons === Startups
- Lemonade
- Lemon Peel
- Dehydrated Lemon Peel
- The Idea of a Lemon
- How You Used Lemons
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It's the best lemonade.
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That $50 can buy.
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Our revolutionary Lemonade started a Lemonade craze in Indonesia!
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If we can sell lemons to Indonesia, imagine what we can do for the world.
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Join our Lemonade Revolution. Be a Lemonader. You'll be back for more.
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Write to Tell A Story, Lemonade Style
My name is Mikki. I'm a lemonade nerd.When I was 5, I had a lemonade stand.
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I learned whatever I had to about lemons and money there. At 21, I'm still crazy about lemons.
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Last year, we made $10 million in lemonade revenue in one city alone.
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Join us in the lemonade revolution.
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To all Lemonade Inc staff, this is the summary of our latest earnings call.
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Last year, we sold a lot of lemonade.
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Our retail presence grew 127% to the 127 000 we have today.
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72% of our sales come from foot traffic at malls. The rest of it online through our new Uber-for-Lemonade service.
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Last year, we sold A LOT of lemonade.
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We broke every lemon record in the country and we're now the biggest lemonade people in Asia.
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This business has amazing margins. It costs just $100 a month to run 1 lemonade stand, but they average $1500 in monthly revenue.
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Our retail presence grew 127% to the 127 000 we have today. We are on track to reach 200 000 by Q2 2015.
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Your investment of $1 billion will help us bring our lemonade across the world.
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TechCrunch:
Lemonade Inc is the fastest-growing lemonade startup in Asia. We raised $1 billion last year.
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Saveur Magazine: Lemonade Inc, a new lemonade upstart, took the lemon world by storm with its organic lemonade. Goblins hand squeeze lemons grown in our farm in Narnia. It is then bottled by Dobby, who hasn't been given a sock and won't be getting one as he's the best lemonade bottler we've ever met.
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Who Are You Talking To?
What do you know about your customers, investors, audience?
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Practice
- Your one-liner at a bar
- Your tagline
- Different versions of your pitch
- A/B test copy on your website
- A few social media posts
