As an entrepreneur himself, David has raised millions of dollars in venture and institutional capital for his own technology companies. Today, as an active venture capitalist and angel investor, he personally hears hundreds of fundraising pitches a year. In the early days of New York Angels, the investment consortium David founded, the group realized that its members were often passing on investments in otherwise good companies, simply because the entrepreneurs’ presentations were not effectively telling their story. As a result, New York Angels instituted mandatory “pitch training”, which is required of all presenting companies before they are invited to appear before the full angel group.

These sessions, offered by David on a pro bono basis, quickly developed a reputation as the financial industry’s “best presentation training that money can’t buy”, and have been profiled in BusinessWeek, Presentations magazine, and many other publications. Today, while David refers most requests for coaching to one of a number of respected presentation trainers around the country with whose work he is familiar, he personally undertakes a few limited engagements for major VC and corporate clients, and will consider invitations for significant keynote opportunities and workshops.

“David Rose is The Pitch Coach. He has seen thousands of presentations. He can fix yours.”
BusinessWeek

 
“David Rose is a master at turning presentations from “before” to “after.” I wish more of the start-ups I see used his services!”
Esther Dyson
Editor at Large, CNET Networks
Founding Chairman, ICANN (the Internet domain name overseer)

 
“There is palpable improvement in presentation technique exhibited by young ventures after David Rose gets through with them.”
Gideon Gartner
Founder, Gartner Group
Founder, Giga Information Group

 
“Bad presentations kill great young companies. David has a knack for turning and tuning presentations to show them in the best light.”
Scott Kurnit
Founder, About.com
Active angel investor

 
“A pitch training session with David S. Rose might well be the difference between a million dollar investment and ‘don’t call us, we’ll call you.’”
Mike Zisman
Managing Director, Internet Capital Group
Former CEO, Lotus Development Corporation

 
“One of our companies had been through some prior presentation boot camps, but David Rose convinced them to make some major changes in their pitch. Since then they have gone on to attract significant investment interest, and along the way picked up many awards for their presentations. David’s input was definitely instrumental to this success!”

Stephanie Hanbury-Brown
Founder, Golden Seeds Angels
Former Head of E-Commerce, JP Morgan

“The pitches that I’ve seen at New York Angels are much more to the point and understandable because of David’s coaching. At the early screening sessions, I have to work hard to know what they’re saying. Once he’s finished with them, they know they’re trying to sell stock, not their product. This makes it better from an investor’s point of view…and the company’s.”
Howard L. Morgan
Chairman, B Capital Group
CO-Founder, First Round Capital

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