At last, through this book, you can gain access to hidden methods so that you convince investors to fund your startup business. Learn to handle tough situations whether you are pitching to a group or you're in a crucial investor meeting. Discover what to do if things go bad in a pitch meeting with an investor. Use clever methods to handle the situation if your mind goes blank while you're giving a pitch. Tom Marcoux, Spoken Word Strategist, Pitch Coach and Executive Coach shares with you the crucial methods that have helped his clients gain access to top investor meetings and even to win the Grand Prize of the Pitch Competition at the igniter Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. You will learn from exclusive interviews with top Venture Capital leaders, a billionaire, millionaires and other top people. Learn to avoid the Deadly Mistakes that can torpedo your efforts to gain investors. Finally, learn the methods that had only been available in Marcoux's exclusive workshops, "Convince Investors to Fund You" in Silicon Valley-California, New York, Thailand, New Zealand and other locations. ....... Praise for Tom Marcoux: "I'm truly grateful to Tom Marcoux for essential tips that helped me win the Grand Prize of the Pitch Competition-the Igniter Summit in Bangkok, Thailand." - Neeraj Aggarwala, CEO/Founder of Sportido ..... "Tom Marcoux has coached me to make my speeches compelling and powerful. He has helped me prepare for the media. And, he's helping me prepare my TED Talk. Do your career a big favor and engage Tom Marcoux, the Spoken Word Strategist." - Dr. JoAnn Dahlkoetter, Sports Psychologist, author of Your Performing Edge and Coach to CEOs and Olympic Gold Medalists ...... "You'll learn to build and sustain a powerful motivation to keep focused and achieve your dreams." - David Barron, co-author of Power Persuasion ...... About the author Tom Marcoux: When you want Real Confidence to Accelerate Your Success ... work with Tom Marcoux, the Spoken Word Strategist and Executive Coach. Need help to take the grand stage in the world?-with a pitch, new brand, a business, a TED Talk, speeches, video marketing, a book? Imagine your impact with all of these elements optimized for Your Leap Upwards to Success and Fulfillment. Tom Marcoux has built his expertise with his life journey. Tom won a special award at the EMMY AWARDS, and his feature film went to Cannes Film market. He taught MBA students at STANFORD UNIVERSITY. International Speaker-Author of over 50 books, Tom has two required textbooks for MBA students at Sofia University (on Authentic Marketing and Authentic Leadership Communication ... the leadership book is "Shape the Future, Lead Like a Pro"). The San Francisco Examiner has designated Tom Marcoux as "The Personal Branding Instructor." As a pro member of National Speakers Association (over 19 years), Tom speaks worldwide from Silicon Valley, CA, to New York, Thailand, New Zealand and more. He taught effective Pitch delivery to Stanford Entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs ... and more. As a CEO, Tom has led teams in the U.K, India and USA simultaneously. Visit PitchPowerFest.com and GetTheBigYES.com Tom's well-received Podcast -- with over 50 episodes -- on iTunes is "Succeed Even If" (also on YouTube.com)