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Frida pitches an idea to investors
Frida wants fresh bread to reach the whole district by cargo bike before breakfast, and today she has five minutes in front of three investors. Learn to pitch a business model - the market, the target group, growth and scaling - and to answer hard questions calmly.
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Frida
Gern. Frisches Brot per Lastenrad, noch vor dem Frühstück - leise, pünktlich und ganz ohne Auto. Das ist unser Alleinstellungsmerkmal.
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Translation
Gladly. Fresh bread by cargo bike, before breakfast - quiet, punctual and with no car at all. That's our unique selling point.
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Investor
Charmant. Und wer genau ist Ihre Zielgruppe?
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Translation
Charming. And who exactly is your target group?
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Frida
Vor allem Familien. Ab zweihundert Kunden wäre das Geschäftsmodell tragfähig, laut unserer Prognose schon im vierten Monat.
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Translation
Families above all. From two hundred customers the business model would be viable - according to our forecast, as early as the fourth month.
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Investor
Und wie viel Startkapital wäre dafür nötig?
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Translation
And how much start-up capital would that take?
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Frida
Hunderttausend Euro für eine Beteiligung von zehn Prozent.
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Translation
A hundred thousand euros for a ten per cent stake.
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Frida
Verständlich. Aber der Mehrwert liegt auf der Hand: weniger Lärm, frisches Brot, Arbeit im Kiez. Wer jetzt investiert, trifft den Nerv der Zeit.
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Translation
Understandable. But the added value is obvious: less noise, fresh bread, jobs in the neighbourhood. Anyone who invests now strikes a chord with the times.
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Investor
Gut vorbereitet, das muss man Ihnen lassen. Die anderen Investoren und ich melden uns bis Freitag.
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Translation
Well prepared, I'll give you that. The other investors and I will get back to you by Friday.
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Frida
Danke, dass ich hier pitchen durfte! Und probieren Sie ruhig vorher: Morgen früh, noch vor sechs, liegt ein Brot vor Ihrer Tür.
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Translation
Thank you for letting me pitch here! And feel free to try it first: tomorrow morning, before six, there'll be a loaf at your door.
Words and Phrases
- der Pitch pitch
- der Investor investor
- die Investorin investor
- das Geschäftsmodell business model
- die Skalierung scaling
- das Startkapital start-up capital
- das Alleinstellungsmerkmal unique selling point
- das Wachstum growth
- die Beteiligung stake
- die Prognose forecast
- der Mehrwert added value
- die Gründerin founder
- der Gründer founder
- skalieren to scale
- pitchen to pitch
- tragfähig viable
- innovativ innovative
- den Nerv der Zeit treffen to strike a chord with the times
- die Investition investment
- die Zielgruppe target group
- das Lastenrad cargo bike
- investieren to invest
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