-- Posted by [
joehilton ] on
October 18th, 2011
Many of you know that running a business is hard work, and at times it can be very demanding and nerve wracking, things like giving a presentation or speaking in front of potential investors. If you are about to do this or have got to do something like this in the next few days, I would recommend that you get your image sorted right now. These investors are going to be expecting you to be able to walk the walk as well as talk the talk, and if these people don’t feel that you can follow through with this then it will be extremely difficult for you to get the investing that you need.
One of the ways people slip up during this process is to not take much care about their image, and more about their presentation.
Really, you should put as much effort into your presentation and your image and appearance, remember that these investors are going to be giving you their own money so they want to be 1000% sure that you are capable of delivering. A lot of people walk into their presentation looking like they’ve just woken up, they have dirty shoes, trousers that don’t fit anymore, shirt that is too big for them and you can see it sticking out of their trousers. Really, what I recommend that you wear is a polished pair of shoes, ironed trousers that fit and a slim fit shirt. The slim fit shirt is an important piece of this puzzle, because these shirts are specifically made to fit really close to the body.
Because slim fit shirts fit really close to the body, it means that it eliminates a lot of the excess fabric and material that you would get with a normal fitting shirt i.e. you can see the folds and creases in the shirt. You want a shirt to fit really close to your body so it emphasizes your torso, so you just ooze confidence and charisma, not so it makes you look fat and shy.
The best slim fit shirts are the ones that are made from 100% cotton, this fabric feels really soft on the skin and the thing you will find with a lot of shirts is that they are made using some of the worst fabric available and this shows, because when you put the shirt on the fabric causes you to itch and scratch constantly. If you go into your presentation looking like someone who belongs in that room and is confident and charismatic, then the potential investors will feel a lot more at ease with you than if you went in looking really shoddy and shy.