Connect with Paul Brassard,
Master Pitch & Presentation, Investor Strategy and Prep Coach
from Vancouver, Canada
Introduction
Headline:
Master Pitch & Presentation, Investor Strategy and Prep Coach
I am a(n):
Managing Partner at Volition | Serial Entrepreneur | Board Member | Fundraiser | MC and Public Speaker | Father of 3 | Business Instructor at Langara College | Business Instructor at Tamwood College and Global Startup School
What I do:
Building a company is hard, and fundraising can consume a lot of time, energy and bandwidth. I’ll help you keep focus and build a pitch, presentation and/or strategy to guide you on your journey toward success.
I also help manage and host monthly pitch nights in multiple locations across Canada, the US, Europe and Internationally. Each event consistently attracts between 60-100 audience members and 8 startup companies pitching. To date, we have hosted 85+ pitch events, 750+ pitches with 5000+ attendees.
Services
Introduction
Headline:
Master Pitch & Presentation, Investor Strategy and Prep Coach
I am a(n):
Managing Partner at Volition | Serial Entrepreneur | Board Member | Fundraiser | MC and Public Speaker | Father of 3 | Business Instructor at Langara College | Business Instructor at Tamwood College and Global Startup School
What I do:
Building a company is hard, and fundraising can consume a lot of time, energy and bandwidth. I’ll help you keep focus and build a pitch, presentation and/or strategy to guide you on your journey toward success.
I also help manage and host monthly pitch nights in multiple locations across Canada, the US, Europe and Internationally. Each event consistently attracts between 60-100 audience members and 8 startup companies pitching. To date, we have hosted 85+ pitch events, 750+ pitches with 5000+ attendees.
Offer
My Offer:
To help entrepreneurs and startup founders build investor-ready businesses through Pick My Brain calls, Pitch and Presentation Coaching, and follow-on advisory sessions. You never know what can come from a conversation.
My ideal target audience:
Entrepreneurs and startup founders who are:
> preparing to fundraise or have never fundraised before
> having challenges fundraising or growing their company, or;
> need help with overall business strategy.
Reach out if you want to:
- Build an investment-ready company.
- Understand the investment landscape and investors' perspective.
- Strategically assess your capital and financing needs.
- Finding strategic investors.
- Ge to know the Vancouver startup landscape and community.
- Reduce the amount of time and energy you are spending on building and/or fundraising.
- Get connected to other experienced advisors who will help you build various aspects of your business.
Feel free to also book a session if you want to ask me about:
What I am currently working on
Industry trends, insights, observations & opinions
My day-to-day
My education, training & qualifications
My biggest challenges, successes, failures & lessons learned
What success means to me
How I got to where I am today
Recommendations for anyone entering my career or industry
About
Why me:
I have been an advisor, entrepreneur, and investor in the Vancouver startup scene for the past 15 years. As a result, I have a strong network in the community and have gained extensive experience in capital raising, translating ‘investor-speak’, and understanding first-hand what can make or break a company.
I have a successful track record in scaling companies, building strong teams, negotiating deals and putting investors' money to work, and love leveraging my experience to help other startup founders achieve success in their business and fundraising goals.
A little bit about myself:
I’m a serial entrepreneur with almost 20 years experience. I love to teach and am truly passionate about knowledge-sharing and helping fellow entrepreneurs of all ages and stages of growth.
I have a knack for breaking things down and looking at them objectively. This allows me to give a valuable perspective, critical feedback, and executable advice. My knowledge of how investors think, and what they’re looking for in great companies, pitches, and presentations helps me to provide actionable insights while optimizing time, energy and bandwidth for the entrepreneurs I have the honour of working with.
I am also an Instructor at Langara College, Tamwood College, Global Startup School, and SUCCESS and love working with the next generation of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs on developing their business and entrpreneurship skills.
Professional experiences:
- Managing Partner & Lead Advisor at Volition Advisors
- Instructor at Tamwood College
- Instructor at Langara College
- CEO at BrickClick Technology Solutions
Portfolio
My portfolio:
Startup Client:
This is Artem Buzulan. His volition is building a retail tech company called Instorize that lets you shop from your favourite local retail stores on an Amazon-like marketplace, with real-time price comparisons and inventory, and next day fulfillment.
Excited to have done nine sessions so far, reviewing investor, launch and growth strategy, and practicing his 90 second pitch and presentation, that we created together.
#entrepreneurship #startuplife #startups #businessstrategy
Startup Client:
This is Marshal Finch. His volition is to 100x his startup's growth. Marshal runs a digital advertising firm called SMedia that uses data and AI to help drive quality leads for the retail automotive industry.
Marshal booked me for 10 sessions so that I could help him raise money and scale quickly. We've done 5 of 10 sessions and I have already managed to connect him to multiple potential investors and we've started to put plans into place as to how we are going to reach 100x growth.
#entrepreneurship #startuplife #startups #businessstrategy
Startup Client:
This is Maxine Cunningham. Her volition is thinking about how to best scale her company Pick My Brain. Pick My Brain is an online tool that helps people package and sell their time, knowledge and experience in new, creative and independent ways.
Not only did I partner with Maxine, but I am also helping her refine her pitch, optimize her business model and coach her on scaling strategy.
#entrepreneurship #startuplife #startups #businessstrategy
Volition is a startup advisory firm.
Volition's mission is to help startups to polish their ideas, connect them to community, and coach them through the startup journey.
Additionally, our Volition Events division organizes and manages quality events for the startup community, provide a safe and comfortable environment for everyone to enjoy, learn, network and connect.
Reviews
My Overall Rating:
(15 Reviews)
Written Reviews I've received:
Nick Noorani
January 21, 2021 | Introductory Call
Review:
Amazing session with Paul! He has deep knowledge on the fund raising aspect and willingly shares his experiences as well as helps you arrive at the optimum solutions. I would gladly pay for his inputs in the future when I ...
Amazing session with Paul! He has deep knowledge on the fund raising aspect and willingly shares his experiences as well as helps you arrive at the optimum solutions. I would gladly pay for his inputs in the future when I ...
Christina Morrow
December 8, 2020 | Introductory Call
Review:
My call with Paul was one of the most useful conversations I've had since launching my business nine months ago. His knowledge of valuations and raising capital, as well as various industries, made our conversation flow ea...
My call with Paul was one of the most useful conversations I've had since launching my business nine months ago. His knowledge of valuations and raising capital, as well as various industries, made our conversation flow ea...
Mark Raison
October 27, 2020 | Introductory Call
Review:
Paul was GREAT to chat with and is very honest and knowledgeable!
Paul was GREAT to chat with and is very honest and knowledgeable!
Josiah Roche
October 5, 2020 | Introductory Call
Review:
Incredibly generous with not only his time, but with his experience and knowledge. Was an invaluable conversation and I hope to work with Paul in some capacity in the future.
Incredibly generous with not only his time, but with his experience and knowledge. Was an invaluable conversation and I hope to work with Paul in some capacity in the future.
Shail Niazi
August 25, 2020 | Introductory Call
Review:
Could not connect, kept pressing 1 and it didn't go through.
Could not connect, kept pressing 1 and it didn't go through.
Jessica Bosman, I am the co-founder of DOUBL, a customizable bra start up
June 30, 2020 | 1-on-1 Advising Session
Review:
Provided helpful strategy information and was very personable to chat with!
Provided helpful strategy information and was very personable to chat with!
Iman Moazzen
June 26, 2020 | Pitch Feedback Session
Review:
Paul is a master-pitch magician. Thank you very much for your help with our pitch.
Paul is a master-pitch magician. Thank you very much for your help with our pitch.
Thomas D'Orazio
June 19, 2020 | Pitch Me, I Pitch You
Review:
Excellent guidance. I feel like he helped me refine key points for our target audience. I loved getting an objective opinion and concrete suggestions on how we can make our pitch work better.
Excellent guidance. I feel like he helped me refine key points for our target audience. I loved getting an objective opinion and concrete suggestions on how we can make our pitch work better.
Diana de La Cruz
June 3, 2020 | Introductory Call
Review:
Paul was very easy to discuss with, he is a really great listener and very clear about giving actionable direction. He asked the right questions to properly identify the problems I needed to address and his guidance was ex...
Paul was very easy to discuss with, he is a really great listener and very clear about giving actionable direction. He asked the right questions to properly identify the problems I needed to address and his guidance was ex...
Ingrid BROUSSILLON
February 10, 2020 | 1-on-1 Advising Session
Review:
Paul was a good listener, started to ask what was my expectation from the meeting and succeeded to make me see on what I should focus on. His explanations were very clear. He gave me a lot of great tips which are very easy...
Paul was a good listener, started to ask what was my expectation from the meeting and succeeded to make me see on what I should focus on. His explanations were very clear. He gave me a lot of great tips which are very easy...
Antonia McGrath
December 4, 2019 | 1-on-1 Advising Session
Review:
I got a free advisory session after a Volition pitch event, and selected to meet with Paul because of his experience in fundraising and attracting investors. I found Paul's advice and insights to be incredibly helpful, and...
I got a free advisory session after a Volition pitch event, and selected to meet with Paul because of his experience in fundraising and attracting investors. I found Paul's advice and insights to be incredibly helpful, and...
Mahyad Aghigh
November 1, 2019 | Pick My Brain Call
Review:
This was our first conversation ever. I got what I expected (an introduction with Paul and understanding his activities with startups). The value was good considering that Paul does not charge for the first phone chat.
This was our first conversation ever. I got what I expected (an introduction with Paul and understanding his activities with startups). The value was good considering that Paul does not charge for the first phone chat.
David Luca
May 8, 2019 | Coffee & Convo
Review:
Paul was very knowledgeable and seems to genuinely care about his clients and their success.
Paul was very knowledgeable and seems to genuinely care about his clients and their success.
Maxine Cunningham, CEO of Pick My Brain
November 8, 2018 | Startup Consulting Session
Review:
6th session with Paul. Continuing to advance the positioning of my startup and in the process of taking bigger strides towards the scalability piece.
Okay we have a functioning product, people are using it, we are mak...
6th session with Paul. Continuing to advance the positioning of my startup and in the process of taking bigger strides towards the scalability piece.
Okay we have a functioning product, people are using it, we are mak...
Maxine Cunningham, CEO of Pick My Brain
August 24, 2018 | Startup Consulting Session
Review:
I booked Paul because I needed to step outside the day-to-day shenanigans of running and launching a start-up and sit down with someone who could help me assess where our company was, where it needed to go and how we were ...
I booked Paul because I needed to step outside the day-to-day shenanigans of running and launching a start-up and sit down with someone who could help me assess where our company was, where it needed to go and how we were ...