pitch deck

also referred to as: pitch decks

5 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement May 20, 2020 by Andy Wilson · across every show →

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May 20, 2020 neutral
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Wilson: Pitch deck presentations should be kept under five minutes
“The second thing about pitch decks is you want to keep this really short. You don't want to moan on and on and on and on, right? Like I'm going to be doing up here for the next, according to 28 minutes. But you want to keep it really short and try and keep tha…”
Andy Wilson May 20, 2020 ▶ 11:56 Lessons from Logikcull: $0 to $10M in 19 Months: The How, When & Why + 10 Mistakes Along the Way
May 20, 2020 negative
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Wilson: Customers do not care about early logo slides in pitch decks
“Like, when I first started making pitch decks, I would put up the big logo slide from the very beginning, like, look at all our amazing customers. No one cares about that. You know, what they care about is, do you understand the problem that they have? Which i…”
Andy Wilson May 20, 2020 ▶ 10:53 Lessons from Logikcull: $0 to $10M in 19 Months: The How, When & Why + 10 Mistakes Along the Way
Nov 17, 2021 negative
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Barrett: Never email pitch decks ahead of VC meetings
“Never mail your deck ahead of time, because then they'll make their decision before they see you.”
David Barrett Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 42:52 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Sep 1, 2022 neutral
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Haivas: Pitch decks do not need explicit market sizing calculations
“The most important thing is that you show the definition of what is the market, and what is the TAM, and what is the SAM, and then show the numbers, and I don't necessarily think that the decks should show the calculations.”
Irina Haivas Sep 1, 2022 ▶ 20:54 The 7 Tips to Setting Yourself Apart During the Venture and Growth Stages with Atomico
Aug 30, 2024 positive
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Stebbings: Pitch Decks Should Explicitly List Reasons Not to Invest
“One slide everyone should have on their deck, I think, is three reasons why you should not invest in us today. And then say, our, I don't know, our sales cycle is too slow, give the data. Our net retention number is too low, give the data. And then on the next…”
Harry Stebbings Aug 30, 2024 ▶ 41:10 Navigating Fundraising and the VC Landscape Today with 20VC and Visionaries Club
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