Ben Zises’ Post

It can be nerve racking going out to raise as a first time founder. You spend hours, days, even weeks carefully crafting your pitch. But how do you know it will appeal to investors? Does it contain a critical mistake that will kill your chances out of the gate? We have seen thousands of pitch decks over the years and advised hundreds of founders. To help remove the worry, we developed a review process for pitch decks that gives every founder ‘safe space’ expert feedback. The 38 point expert review covers slide-by-slide feedback and recommendations as well as: -Investment proposition -Structure -Storytelling -Commercial understanding -Information accessibility -Appeal of opportunity All aspects are scored with benchmarks and clear actions for making improvements. If you are about to go and raise for the first time, or are struggling to get your deck finalised, it might just make the difference. Link in the comments below. 👇

Say goodbye to Pitch Decks! 🪦 Eike Gerhardt dropped some wisdom, claiming they're becoming a thing of the past. 👌✍🏻 Imagine the hours founders could save not crafting them - and think of us investors, who sift through thousands annually. What a relief! ⏰ What's your take on this? 🤔🙋🏻♂️ Feel free to share your thoughts and repost to enlighten others! For more insights like these, follow Kaan Anit.

Founders, Think about your attractiveness to investors in Tiers: Founder with an idea + pitch deck isn't as attractive as a Founder with an idea + pitch deck + MVP but that's not as exciting as a Founder with a pitch deck + vision + MVP + customers, but what we want is a Founder with a pitch deck + vision + MVP + paying customers Exceptions to all rules, of course. But find what makes those investors get excited and hone into that.

You SHOULDN'T be overlooking these if you are a startup founder pitching investors: Crafting a pitch deck is more than just filling up slides with data. It needs to tell a story, sell and idea, and convince potential investors of the opportunity. Here, we share 6 elements we consider shouldn't be overlooked when writing a pitch.

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Where are all of the good ideas? 💡 Probably hiding in bad pitch decks. We, agencies and investors alike, put so much pressure on the pitch deck and on founders to get it right. Tell the right story. Make us feel the pain. “Imagine a world…” Talk about your team, but not too much. Explain what the product does, but don’t harp on features. Prove that your idea is worth a minimum of $25M or $25B but use real math on imaginary situations. Tell us with conviction how you’re going to use our money but listen to us when we tell you how to use it differently. We require so much of founders, and rightfully so. Reviewing hundreds of decks per quarter is a herculean feat. We need information to be clear, skimmable and worth our time and money. 💡 But what do we require of our own? Can anyone on your team spot a good idea in a bad pitch deck? What if we spent less time advising founders about what makes the “perfect pitch deck” and more time training our teams on how to get to the gold (or lack thereof) faster? 🔗 Read my full article, including tips for "getting to the gold faster," at the link in the comments. 📨 And if you find the information valuable, sign up for my quarterly VC newsletter: https://lnkd.in/epSsvnhV