It's difficult to fund independent documentaries, especially if they are online, interactive and playing with new formats. But another way to approach it is to think like a startup, and consider investors, new business models etc. This is a presentation I did at iDocs in 2015.
15. THE INCUBATOR
•IF YOU ARE A INEXPERIENCED
•A GATEWAY TO INVESTORS
•EXPENSIVE MONEY
•USUALLY RELOCATION
•EARLY STAGE INVESTMENT
•CHECK: MATTER, Y-COMBINATOR,
DISNEY ACCELERATOR
16. THE VENTURE FUND
•BIGGER MONEY, BIGGER DEAL
•INVESTS IN SCALABILITY
•EXTREMELY FOCUSED ON NUMBERS
•LATER STAGE INVESTMENTS
17. BUILDING A PITCH DECK
1. ELEVATOR PITCH
2. THE PROBLEM
3. THE SOLUTION
4. MARKET SIZE
5. BUSINESS MODEL
6. PROPRIETARY TECH
7. COMPETITION
8. MARKETING PLAN
9. TEAM
10. MONEY
19. METRICS
• ACQUISITION: USERS COME FROM WHERE?
• ACTIVATION: GETTING USERS STARTED
• RETENTION: GETTING USERS TO COME BACK
• REFERRAL: GETTING USERS TO SPRED THE WORD
• REVENUE: GETTING USES TO SPEND MONEY