Demo Video Script
60-Second Demo Script
For Y Combinator Application Video
Recording Setup:
- ✅ Use Loom (loom.com) - free, easy, automatic captions
- ✅ Record in 1080p, good lighting, quiet room
- ✅ Show your face in corner bubble - YC wants to see founders
- ✅ Speak clearly, energetically - you're excited about this!
- ✅ Practice 3-4 times before final recording
- ✅ Keep browser at 100% zoom, close unnecessary tabs
- ✅ Have all pages pre-loaded in separate tabs
📝 Script:
"Hi, I'm LaChoy. 82% of small businesses get denied funding—not because they lack good ideas, but because they lack professional business plans and connections to qualified lenders."
🎬 Action:
Show Dashboard briefly, then switch to IdeaGenerator
👁️ Visual:
Clean dashboard → Quick transition
📝 Script:
"LaunchPad solves this. Watch: I enter a business idea—'mobile pet grooming'—and in 30 seconds, we generate a complete business plan."
🎬 Action:
Type 'mobile pet grooming' → Click Generate → Show quick preview of generated plan sections
👁️ Visual:
Fast-forward through generation, show multiple sections populated
📝 Script:
"We auto-generate 5-year financial projections with revenue forecasts, expenses, and funding requirements—what normally costs $5,000 and takes weeks."
🎬 Action:
Show Financial Projections page with charts and tables
👁️ Visual:
Highlight revenue chart, show professional-looking numbers
📝 Script:
"Here's our patent-pending technology: we auto-fill loan applications by extracting data from the business plan, then match users with lenders who actually approve their profile. We analyze 40+ criteria."
🎬 Action:
Show Smart Loan Application → Data extraction → Lender matching results
👁️ Visual:
Show 'Auto-filling...' → Show matched lenders with approval scores
📝 Script:
"The result: entrepreneurs go from idea to funded in hours, not months. We're in partnership talks with Truist Bank and SoFi to embed this directly into their lending platforms."
🎬 Action:
Show lender matches with approval likelihood percentages
👁️ Visual:
Highlight 'High Match' badges, show professional lender profiles
📝 Script:
"That's LaunchPad. We've built the technology, filed the patent, and we're ready to scale with Y Combinator."
🎬 Action:
Return to Dashboard showing stats/progress
👁️ Visual:
Smile at camera, show confidence. End on Dashboard.
Option A (Aggressive):
"I'm LaChoy, and I built LaunchPad because I watched too many great entrepreneurs fail to get funded simply because they couldn't afford a $10,000 business plan."
Option B (Data-driven):
"82% of small businesses are denied funding. LaunchPad changes that with patent-pending technology that automates the entire funding journey."
Option C (Problem-first):
"Creating a business plan costs $5K-15K and takes months. Getting a loan? Even harder. Watch what we built."
✅ DO Say:
- • "Patent-pending technology"
- • "Auto-fill loan applications"
- • "Lender matching algorithm"
- • "Truist and SoFi partnerships"
- • "Hours, not months"
- • "82% denied funding"
❌ DON'T Say:
- • "AI-powered" (minimize AI hype)
- • "Revolutionizing" (cliché)
- • "Game-changing" (cliché)
- • "We use ChatGPT" (not unique)
- • Long explanations
- • Jargon or buzzwords
💡 Show, don't tell: Let the product speak. Quick clicks, smooth navigation.
💡 Speed matters: YC partners watch at 2x speed. Talk clearly but energetically.
💡 The patent is your moat: Make it obvious this is defensible technology, not just another wrapper.
💡 Bank partnerships = validation: Mentioning Truist/SoFi shows real traction with serious institutions.
💡 First 10 seconds: Hook them with the problem. If they're not interested by second 10, they'll skip.
💡 Ending: Don't fade out weakly. End with confidence: "We're ready to scale with Y Combinator."