Message Worth Millions is a weekly podcast for startup founders like you who want to raise money and grow their revenue faster. You need a message that moves your audience – usually investors and customers – to say YES…and all those yeses add up :)
Startup veteran and communications expert Kirin Kalia gives actionable advice on messaging investors and customers based on her experience coaching 1000+ founders before high-stakes meetings and events.
Kirin believes that in our AI world, human connection beats perfection every time - and is key to your success.
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Message Worth Millions is a weekly podcast for startup founders like you who want to raise money and grow their revenue faster. You need a message that moves your audience – usually investors and customers – to say YES…and all those yeses add up :)
Startup veteran and communications expert Kirin Kalia gives actionable advice on messaging investors and customers based on her experience coaching 1000+ founders before high-stakes meetings and events.
Kirin believes that in our AI world, human connection beats perfection every time - and is key to your success.
→ Follow your host Kirin Kalia, founder of Grow Through Story, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirinkalia/].
Something you rarely say as a founder: "No need to rush – we've got plenty of time!" Whether it's an application for an accelerator, research before an important meeting or your pitch at an event, ruthless prioritization may well dictate that you complete it the day (or hour!) before it's due.
So what would the outcome of this high-stakes situation look like if you actually had more time to prepare? If you *gave* yourself more time to prepare?
That's exactly why Message Worth Millions host and communications expert Kirin Kalia is helping you reframe the value of preparation time so that you'll actually do it (and not shrug it off as something you…wait for it…don't have time for).
Kirin's inspiration for this episode came from preparing founders to pitch at a recent DemoDayLA [https://demoday.la/] event – many of them the day before 😅
[HEADS UP: If you want to attend or pitch at the November 20 edition of DemoDayLA at BLANKSPACES in Venice, head over here [https://luma.com/demodayla].]
As to WHY you want to prepare, it all comes down to 1) delivering something of higher quality that gets you results and 2) showing up more confident and present for the meeting or event.
When you believe it's worth preparing in advance, here's how you do it (with more details in the episode):
1) Get clear on your outcomes for this opportunity.
2) Set yourself a deadline before the deadline.
3) Block time on your calendar for prep.
4) Actually USE that time to prep.
5) Celebrate your progress - not just the completion.
6) Take some space for review
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Message Worth Millions is a weekly podcast for startup founders like you who want to raise money and grow their revenue faster. You need a message that moves your audience – usually investors and customers – to say YES…and all those yeses add up :)
Especially in an AI world, human connection beats perfection every time.
→ Follow your host Kirin Kalia, founder of Grow Through Story, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirinkalia/].
-=-=-=-ABOUT YOUR HOST-=-=-=-
Kirin Kalia is a startup veteran and communications expert with 25+ years of experience across journalism and marketing. As a communications partner for growth-stage startups, she helps founders master their messaging and public-speaking skills so they raise money and grow their revenue faster.
Kirin has coached 1000+ founders to pitch investors and innovation leaders at companies including Visa, P&G Ventures, the Estée Lauder Companies and more.
Kirin is a 2023 All-Star Mentor for Techstars Los Angeles and also mentors founders in programs including the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator, FoundersBoost and the MassChallenge FinTech Program.
Message Worth Millions
Message Worth Millions is a weekly podcast for startup founders like you who want to raise money and grow their revenue faster. You need a message that moves your audience – usually investors and customers – to say YES…and all those yeses add up :)
Startup veteran and communications expert Kirin Kalia gives actionable advice on messaging investors and customers based on her experience coaching 1000+ founders before high-stakes meetings and events.
Kirin believes that in our AI world, human connection beats perfection every time - and is key to your success.
→ Follow your host Kirin Kalia, founder of Grow Through Story, on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirinkalia/].
