Dream It
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Selling a compelling vision is so critical that some investors weigh it more heavily than the pitch deck itself. Strategies for crafting a strong and compelling vision for your startup: Towards the end of your pitch, tell investors that “this is just the beginning” for your startup. It’s not about the slide deck.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
She was pitching for a pre-seed round of $400k. Founders hit the street with their pitch deck, some make it, and some don’t, but nearly all of them ascribe a lot more human influence over the process than there probably is. For all we know, white men make 99% of the pitches. I’m a female founder. I don’t have enough traction.
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This is going to be BIG.
AUGUST 23, 2023
Know what the concerns are going to be ahead of time and weave them into your pitch: “Everyone who builds X runs into problem Y. Is it too hard to unseat entrenched incumbents? Ask specifically what terrible things about startups in this space the VC is trying to avoid. Are the consumers not deep-pocketed enough?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Incumbents launch products, VCs throw cash at other competitors, team members quit, the economy dips — whatever. Truly, in many ways, my concern was the inverse of normal business pitches. But only truly talented entrepreneurs show the grit required to respond rapidly to a changing environment.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 4, 2015
I had a few VC friends who immediately saw the parallel but others were scratching their heads saying, “How is a physical storage company – even if you pitch it as “cloud” – really a tech company?” ” Let’s start with some basics. The value prop is pretty clear.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 11, 2022
Today, we’re taking a closer look at the pitch deck it used to raise its pre-seed round. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. . Well, that’s the world Five Flute wants to live in. The company raised a $1.2 Slides in this deck.
Hunter Walk
MARCH 3, 2025
When I’m scanning a pitch deck I’m basically looking to put it into one of two buckets – Traditional or Different. Screendoor has now looked at more than 1,500 venture firms raising funds, backing roughly 1.5% of them, often as their first or second largest investor.
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