In a lot of the pitch deck teardowns, I get stumped by a certain slide, even though I am 99% sure that when a founder uses it to pitch a VC, they will give a little bit of additional context that ...

A pitch deck is a concise, visually engaging presentation used primarily by entrepreneurs to introduce a business idea or startup to potential investors, partners or stakeholders. Typically composed ...

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One of the hardest things to know when you’re new to fundraising is what you’re supposed to send to an investor and when, and whether they will keep your information confidential. As a VC and former ...

Having problems grasping the fundamentals of selling your concept to investors? You're not alone. According to Tech Crunch, in 2022, venture capitalists spent on average 2 minutes and 42 seconds ...

Startups require more than a polished deck to pitch investors. To secure term sheets, founders must manage power dynamics ...

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As a marketer, you're probably familiar with this experience: A member of the sales team has an upcoming meeting and needs to put together a pitch deck. The sales rep finds a previous pitch deck and ...

In 2015, Atlassian was preparing to go public, but it was not your typical company in so many ways. For starters, it was founded in Australia, it had two co-founder co-CEOs, and it offered ...

The CEO said that he copied his investor's questions into Perplexity and asked the AI tool to answer it like he would.

If you said, “None,” you’re like most people in the world. Pitch decks are slide presentations about business plans that use PowerPoint, Keynote or a similar tool. And they’re ubiquitous. But the ...