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Comment by ig1 | Hacker News Reader

What have you personally achieved in those roles ?

(i.e. how much money have you raised using your pitching material, etc.)

My past achievements in those roles (Pitching, Marketing Plan, etc) is not a predictor of future outcomes. In order for my pitch material to help you raise money, you must have a good product that is easy to sell to investors, and a good enough team. Same goes for the others; for my marketing plan to be of any use to you, you have to execute it flawlessly, and so forth.

Having said that, I recently worked on investor pitches for 2 startups in the DC area; they are yet to be presented, so there's no outcome yet :), but I have worked on a few client pitches/proposals for strategic partnerships (e.g. for long-term sales/purchase agreement, exclusive agency agreement), and technology licensing pitches that were successful. I hope this helps.

I think you'll find past achievement is in fact the best predictor of future achievement, hence why companies care about it when recruiting staff.

Also you shouldn't use the term "worked on" it's a weasel term, say what you personally did as opposed to just mentioning projects. So for example if you did cold calling, negotiation, etc. you should specifically say what your role was and how that contributed to the end goal.

Hi Imran, I'm guessing you're probably not interested in what services I can provide because I just looked at your profile, but if you are, please email me, and we'll get into the details of what I have done in the past. Thanks.

I agree with ig1, a past work record is the best predictor (and I imagine evidence of past success is far more important for any hackernews reader than any paper degree).

Be upfront with what roles you've played. Having to ask for further clarification just makes it seem like you've got something to hide. Good luck!

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