Bill Reichert, one of the partners at Garage Technology Ventures (yes, partners with Guy Kawasaki) has written a very good article on “Pitching to Investors.” Not only does he talk about the content that you should include in your slide, he also gives valuable tips on the delivery of your presentation.

From all of the pitches we have seen at our SpeedPitching events, I’d have to say that he is very accurate. There really is an art to pitching to an investor and I would make sure to prepare yourself well before your meeting.

Speaking of SpeedPitching events, we had one in Utah a few weeks ago. The companies that presented were some of the best I’ve seen. Here’s a list:

• AlphaSpine: (voted top presenter). Next generation of spinal implants
• OnCampusSports: ESPN meets Facebook. Provides an enterprise solution for college intramural programs across the nation.
• WorldVitalRecords: Next generation of online genealogy communities.
• TagJungle: Relevancy search for the blogosphere.
• WikiReview: Compilation of subjective reviews about any product or service.
• ClearPlay: Parental filtering of regular DVDs.
• LibertySmart: Optimizes employee health care benefits while saving the employer money.
• SHS Franchising: Franchising company that helps homebound seniors with necessary tasks & projects.
• Power-Glide Foreign Languages: Selling online language courses to individuals and institutions.
• Thorogen: Engine that shows significant improvements in fuel efficiency and emissions over standard engines.

Because of the demand from investors (and the fact that the quality of deals is constantly increasing), we have decided to host our events every other month in 2007 (in Utah). If you want to read blog posts from others about the speedpitching events, you can go here, here, or here.