What goes in, what does not, and what investors look for.
I see this every week - GTM slides killing deals before investors finish reading. Here is what works in a go to market pitch deck slide, with real data from 800+ deck reviews.
A fintech pitch deck guide. Sub-vertical KPIs, regulatory slide specs, DocSend time data, and what's killing decks right now.
What investors read in your SaaS pitch deck, what numbers they expect by stage, and one emerging format shift most founders are ignoring.
Two Perplexity pitch decks exist and I haven't seen a single article cover either one properly. Slide-by-slide breakdown of the investor deck and the leaked advertiser deck.
Investors spend under 3 minutes on your deck. Here's exactly what AI startup pitch decks need to get a meeting - slides, metrics, moat, and what kills deals.
Tesla's 15-slide SEC-filed deck raised $192M and broke every pitch rule. Here's the exact slide order and the numbers.
The WeWork pitch deck raised $355M at a $5B valuation. Slide by slide, here's what it got right and what investors missed.
The Coinbase seed pitch deck raised $600K with 11 bare-bones slides. Here's what worked, what didn't, and what founders can steal.
The Tinder pitch deck wasn't a VC raise. It was a Hatch Labs internal deck. Every slide, what each one does, and the psychology that made it work.
YouTube's original 10-slide pitch deck raised $3.5M from Sequoia. Here's what was in it, what it got wrong, and what still applies today.
A slide-by-slide breakdown of the original Dropbox pitch deck. See what made it work, what investors said, and what founders can copy today.
I see this every week - pitch deck executive summaries failing in the first 30 seconds. Here is the exact format that investors read, with real data and founder examples.
Real YC pitch deck examples from Airbnb, Coinbase, Dropbox and more. Slide-by-slide breakdown of what works, what kills decks, and the exact YC template structure.
I see this every week - pitch decks failing before slide 3. Here's what moves investors - with real engagement data, proven frameworks, and founder examples.
I watch founders break every rule in the book - LinkedIn's pitch deck did exactly that and still closed $10M from Greylock. The slide-by-slide breakdown and what it means for founders today.
Break down the Stripe pitch deck slide by slide. Real investor data, the three-act structure Stripe uses, and what founders get wrong with their own decks.
Tony Xu pitched DoorDash in 160 seconds with 9 slides and no team slide. Every structural decision that turned $120K into $101B.
The why now slide is the most skipped and most butchered slide in founder decks. Here is what a timing argument that convinces investors looks like.
I see this every week - ask slides killing deals before the meeting ends. Here's what investors want to see - with real numbers, red flags, and a working framework.
The pitch deck competition slide kills more raises than any other. Here's what investors want to see, the formats that work, and the mistakes to cut.
55% of pitch decks fail the market slide. Learn the bottom-up formula, TAM stacking tactic, and market creation framing that investors respond to.
I've seen it happen on dozens of pitches - solution slides killing investor interest by slide 3. Here is exactly what works - one formula, real examples, and the investor psychology behind it.
Investors spend under 2 min 30 sec on cold decks. Your cover slide has about 5 seconds. The data shows what works and what kills deals instantly.
85% of pitch decks are missing a financial projections slide. Here is what investors look for and what gets your deck closed without a meeting.
I see this every week - founders burying their best insight on slide 8. Here is how to write a pitch deck problem slide that gets investors to keep reading in under 20 seconds.
The original Airbnb pitch deck had a grammar error, 7 rejections, and a $200M projection that proved wildly conservative. Here's what made it work.
64% of pitch decks fail on the business model slide. Here's what investors look for, what kills deals, and how to build a slide that converts.
The pitch deck one pager is a standalone document built for a different purpose than the deck. Here's what goes in it, when to send it, and how I see founders use it wrong.
Uber's original pitch deck raised $200K but got the customer, product, and market size completely wrong. Here's the full slide-by-slide breakdown and what founders should learn from it.
TAM SAM SOM explained with real formulas, industry benchmarks, and the one number investors fund. Stop guessing your market size.
Investors spend 15% of their total deck time on the team slide. What they're looking for, what kills deals, and how to build one that converts.
Investors spend 21 seconds on your traction slide. What to put on it by stage, what metrics matter, and what kills credibility fast.
The Series A pitch deck has changed. Here is what VCs are looking for right now - with real deck structures, slide-by-slide breakdowns, and funded examples.
Real pre-seed pitch deck examples, slide-by-slide data from DocSend, and the exact mistakes killing your chances. What's working right now.
Investors spend under 2 minutes on your seed pitch deck. DocSend, Sequel, and practitioner data show what slides get funded - and which ones hurt you.
The Sequoia pitch deck template is 10 slides. But the data shows investors engage most with problem framing, not market size. Lead with your problem framing.