The 14-Week Journey · YM² Academy

The 14-Week Journey

Now let me give you the big picture — because I want you to understand exactly where you are going and why every single week of this program was built the way it was built.

Public Speaking for Capital Raisers is a 14-week signature program. And I want to be clear about something from the jump: this is not a lecture series. This is not a watch-and-learn situation. This is a hands-on, get-in-the-ring, practice-until-it-becomes-natural transformation program. Every session is 120 minutes. Every session has live practice built in. Every session ends with homework that you will actually do — because repetition is what builds the muscle.

Here is how the journey is structured:

We open the first three weeks doing identity work.

Week One is Identity and First Impressions — because you cannot convince an investor to believe in you if you do not believe in yourself.

Week Two is Networking as Connection — we are going to completely reframe how you think about meeting people, because networking is not pitching.

Week Three is your Avatar Deep Dive — we get crystal clear on exactly who your ideal investor is, how they think, what they fear, and what language moves them.

From there, Weeks Four through Six are about building your foundation as a communicator. Finding your unique value. Crafting an elevator pitch that actually connects. And building the kind of credibility that makes investors lean in before you even get to the deal.

Weeks Seven through Nine are where we go deeper. Storytelling that moves capital. Conviction and investor psychology — understanding what investors are really listening for beneath the surface of what you're saying. And then feedback and growth — because the ability to receive and implement feedback without ego is one of the most underrated skills in this entire industry.

Then we get to the milestone presentations — and this is where the program becomes real.

Week Ten is your Live Mock Deal Pitch. You will deliver a 5 to 7 minute deal pitch to a live invited audience. Not a rehearsal. Not a dry run. A live presentation with real feedback in the room.

Week Twelve is your Company Pitch Deck Presentation — where you present your sponsor or company deck to a live audience. This is where your brand story, your credibility, and your communication skills come together in one moment.

And Week Fourteen — that is graduation. The Sponsor Shark Tank and your Live Investor Webinar. You will pitch in front of a panel, and you will host a webinar. That is your graduation requirement. Not a test. Not a paper. A live performance — because this program prepares you for the real world, and in the real world, the room does not wait for you to feel ready.

By the time you reach Week Fourteen:

You will have built an active investor pipeline of 50 or more qualified relationships.

You will have completed your elevator pitch, your 3-minute story, your company pitch deck, and your sponsor deck.

You will have hosted your first professional investor webinar. And you will have done all of it inside a community of people who were in the exact same seat you are sitting in right now — and chose to rise.

That is what the next 14 weeks look like.

It is not going to be comfortable every week. It is going to stretch you. But everything you have ever wanted is on the other side of that stretch.

Let's get to work.

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