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am I missing something? you slave away at pitchbooks for years chasing the dream of financial independence through entrepreneurship only to....work on pitchbooks?
In all fairness, if you become skilled at this and can do it on your own time with all margin going straight to you, why not? Half the pain of working on pitchbooks stemmed from the unreasonable deadlines and bitchy conflicting comments from more senior bankers so removing that element may just not be a half-bad option haha just food for thought.
I thought there was something more to this, thanks for clarifying, on the surface it just sounded dumb
guess I'm the dummy!
Because being an entrepreneur requires having independent thought, which a lot of monkeys don't have.
On a more serious note, I'd imagine it's because no one wants to dedicate their life towards building ppt presentations. At least in IB most of the presentation building is limited to your analyst years.
But hey, if someone doesn't mind having their skillset limited and finds story-telling via ppt intellectually stimulating, then sure this makes total sense.
Yes - thanks for this!
And also maybe to convert this idea into a web-based thing where you can automate it will also make for a decent biz model i think?
Ofc there's lots of places already doing this, but i guess its not a terrible idea even so
I think that the market is more niche than you think. If you are a company that does any sort of capital markets activity, you can basically get free pitchbooks and formats made by your banks.
If they're not big enough for capital markets and not even big enough to work with a LMM bank, how small of a business are we talking about? Why then do they even need a pitchbook? And what's their budget to pay for it? Maybe, it would work if you're aiming for true startups who are taking their first shot at raising capital? I think that this would be an interesting business plan but as I noted in the beginning, very niche.
I was going to also add that I imagine a lot of angel and VC investors are going to haircut the professionalism of an idea if it is good. (AKA if marketing is a companies strong suit but they have a good product)
Hi thanks for your reply - but I don't actually understand what you mean. Could you please explain a little more simply?
Sure you get some freedom but there is also a significant loss of security. The peace of mind provided by having a steady paycheck and benefits (healthcare, retirement plan, etc.) goes a long way and most people aren't willing to give that up. Additionally, as someone else mentioned most bankers don't actually have the entrepreneurial mindset needed to strike out on their own, and without the proper amount of experience and industry knowledge most bankers won't be able to differentiate themselves in a saturated market.
People here will shit on this idea because they’re stuck doing PP 24/7 but this is actually a pretty good business model. Selling is an essential part of everyday commerce, and the pitchbook is the bedrock of fundraising and BSB selling. Furthermore, a ton of shit pitches are out there and many could benefit from this. If you’re serious about this I would target B2B companies with large per-unit contract values. Could easily bill $100+ an hour I would imagine (i.e. well over someone’s hourly rate as an IB analyst).
Hey, thanks for seeing that this idea might work!
Is there anything else you think i should keep in mind?
I have a buddy who works at a small LMM bank they pay their "CIM consultants" tons of money. It's pretty common in LMM and differently a route I am going to consider.
TBH I think his firm is hiring. lol
Are these independent CIM consultants (freelance) or are they all part of a CIM Consulting firm from where its outsourced?
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