From save-your-startup
Walk through Chris Salter's Five-Finger Pitch framework -- a five-minute verbal pitch where each finger represents one minute of content. The AI guides you through each finger with probing questions and helps you craft a polished pitch script.
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**From *Save Your Startup* by Rick Manelius (Chapter 5)**
Provides elevator pitch and verbal brand communication frameworks including Donald Miller's StoryBrand (SB7), Nancy Duarte's Sparkline, Chris Westfall's CLARITY, Andy Raskin's Strategic Narrative, Simon Sinek's Golden Circle, and time-based pitch structures (10s, 30s, 60s). Auto-activates during elevator pitch creation, one-liner development, brand pitch refinement, and verbal communication work. Use when discussing elevator pitches, one-liners, brand intros, verbal pitches, pitch coaching, spoken brand messages, or pitch variations.
Activate for: pitch, investor deck, fundraising, pitch deck, pitch narrative, investor presentation, raise money, seed round, Series A, SAFE, convertible note, valuation, investor story, narrative architecture, pitch slides, executive summary, investor email, one pager, funding, angel investor, venture capital, VC pitch, pitch practice, hard questions, investor Q&A, term sheet, data room, investor brief. NOT for: unit economics or financial modelling (use financials), business model canvas (use canvas), market sizing (use market).
Structures sales, investor, and product pitches using psychological desire-then-solution sequencing to build audience desire and commitment.
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From Save Your Startup by Rick Manelius (Chapter 5) Framework by Chris Salter, presented in the book
"You should practice enough times that you could drive your car and mentally step through each finger."
Most founders either ramble for twenty minutes or freeze up in sixty seconds. The Five-Finger Pitch gives you a physical mnemonic -- one finger, one minute, five minutes total -- that covers every question an investor, partner, or customer actually cares about. No slides. No deck. Just you, your hand, and a clear story.
Five fingers. Five minutes. Five questions that matter.
We will walk through each finger together. For each one, I will ask you probing questions to strengthen that minute of your pitch. By the end, you will have a polished script with talking points for each finger.
Hold up your hand. We are going finger by finger.
One minute. What is this thing?
I will ask you:
The thumb sets the foundation. If this minute is muddy, the rest falls apart.
One minute. How does this make money?
I will ask you:
The index finger points to the money. Investors need to see a path to returns.
One minute. Can it actually be done?
I will ask you:
The middle finger is the reality check. Ideas are cheap. The question is whether this team can deliver.
One minute. Can it be sold? Can it scale?
I will ask you:
The ring finger is about commitment -- the commitment of customers to buy, and the business to grow.
One minute. Can you protect it?
I will ask you:
The pinky is small but mighty. Defensibility is what separates a business from a science project.
After all five fingers, there is one more question -- and it is not for the audience. It is for you to ask them:
"On a scale of zero to ten, how motivated are you to take this conversation further?"
Let's build your Five-Finger Pitch. Tell me:
I will walk you through each finger, ask hard questions, and help you tighten the language until each minute is sharp.
By the end, you will have a complete Five-Finger Pitch script with:
Five fingers. Five minutes. One shot to make it count.