1

Title Slide (Name of your business)

• Names of students in groups• Date of presentation

• Company logo, image, or photo

• 1-sentence summary of your business (Chosen mineral, mining technique, why etc…)

2

Overview

• Your “elevator pitch”• 2-3 sentences that define the market, customer,

problem/solution, and uniqueness of the business– What market/industry are you in?

– What problem are you solving for customers?

– Why will you succeed?

3

The Problem

• Compelling problem(s) to be solved• Why is this mineral needed?• What would go wrong in people’s lives without this mineral?

4

The Solution

• Describe your business• What is your mineral or product created from the mineral? • How does it solve the problem?

5

Market

• Who are the key players?• What is the customer like?

• Describe who sells your mineral? (examples…)

• Market details • Will people purchase your mineral once? More than once? How

often?

• How much money will you earn in 3-5 years?

6

Process

• Describe the mining process.

• Do you have an illustration or photo of how your process works?

7

Competitive Advantages

• What competitive advantages do you have?• How are you better than your competitors?• Do you have a unique team, partner, invention, intellectual

property, insights, or expertise that others don’t have?

8

The Team

• How many people make up your current team?

• How many employees do you need to hire?

9

Summary

• Summarize your three key points• What is your business? What problem do you solve? Who

cares?

• What makes your business more worthy of financing than others?