<div class="floatright">(https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/eda0939bf9716bbdabc82a495264f5fe04a93ac1/c=0-82-877-575/local/-/media/2016/01/23/USATODAY/usatsports/olivia-wilde-22.jpg?width=3200&amp;height=1680&amp;fit=crop)</div>Olivia nodded warmly as Peter and Jaclyn entered the room. A little blush could scarcely be avoided at Jaclyn's introduction, whereas Peter always had this jovial spirit about him regardless. It just warmed the room to see him. With a smile of her own, she was ready to get started. It wasn't going to be long, not at all, but she did want to pitch her proposal damn near perfectly.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">"Thank you all for coming, particularly Peter and Jaclyn. I can't state enough how much this means to us that you've taken such an interest in the project. I won't be keeping you long but I did want to go over the numbers and put some figures to the over all tale of this place."</span><br/><br/>She began with her plan.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">"We're effectively looking to raise ten million. The project itself, as you can imagine goes into higher numbers, but we have institutions in place looking to play a part when they can see initial interest."</span>She wheeled her thumb over the small remote in her hand, causing the presentation to show the four companies that had percentages aligned. They weren't even, but altogether the percentages always equated to 90% or higher, indicating that the ten million from Peter and Jaclyn would have made up the remnant entirely.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">"We're looking at a 7 year project with commitments locked in by year three by these institutions. And their involvement is predicated on the raising of the additional ten million we're seeking here today. As you can see, each of these companies specializes in a different facet of our organization. I always like to say that smart money and 'all money' are not the same. Getting investment from these particular players gives us the confidence of knowing they're in this. This is all they do, they live it, breathe it, they've got a strong history in projects of this type, so it means quite a bit knowing that someone of their history would be involved."</span><br/><br/>Olivia proceeded to slide through 4 presented pages, each giving a series of stats and bullet form figures about what each company was looking to contribute, and naturally, in front of Peter and Jaclyn, the entire report was there so they could go through it as well manually. Olivia was selling the final product, she was bringing home the conclusion. Her sales pitch was basically, we have the teams that want to do this, they have the expertise and interest, they just need to know they're backing a winner. By reaching our funding goals, we show them we are that winner. Long term dreams and aspirations, short term cost payout... get Jaclyn and Peter comfortable with the idea that a contribution today does not mean they'd be visited again in a week, month, or year for more money. Olivia was also selling the vision of completion. Finality. If they agreed to this, they wouldn't be needed for anything else, and would of course have served a greater good.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">"My goal, I won't lie to both of you, is that by year 3, I would like to see this in the hands of this exquisite team. Other projects might well stem from this one, and with their foot in the door, I'm sure you could imagine, they could work on scale. They've got specialists in transport, tech, infrastructure and energy. They would be able to take this ball and run with it further than I could ever take it. My goal... and I hope you'd both find the idea appealing as well... is to see them hit the initial numbers they need to lower their risk so they can actually follow through on it. I've talked to them individually, and they want in, but it takes some selling to their shareholders and private teams. Most often, projects like this can't get off the ground because nobody wants to be the first money in. We can be that first money. Get them in, and then watch what they do with it. I'm in financing. You both know this about me, it's what I do. But these guys... it's... as I've said... all they do. I'd welcome you to have a glance, I know this has been a pretty short presentation, but I think we all know why we're here. I don't need to bombard you with stats and figures. These are the important ones, but I'm happy to answer any questions you may have."</span>