Thread by @MacConwell, 1/15 Here are common mistakes made on each slide I look for [...]

1/15 Here are common mistakes made on each slide I look for in a deck.

-Intro
-Problem
-Solution
-Market Size
-Business Model
-Traction
-Pipeline
-3-5 Year Projections
-Go-to-Market Strategy
-Competition
-Team
-Ask
-Closing

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2/15 On the Intro slide please don& #39;t forget your contact information.

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3/15 When you get to the Problem slide, don& #39;t just give a bunch of stats. Help explain why those stats matter and why what your pitching is a truly impactful problem.

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4/15 On the Solution slide don& #39;t go on and on about all the features of your product. We just want to know how you solve the problem at a high level. If we like what you are doing we will do technical due diligence later.

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5/15 Many founders overstate their Market but please don& #39;t ever say "If we get 1% of the $200B market" That& #39;s not how you state your market.

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6/15 On the Business model slide please tell us what you charge. Don& #39;t just say "We have tiered pricing we charge the businesses". please tell us how much those tiers are.

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7/15 On the Traction slide don& #39;t just give the vanity metrics. Give the metrics that directly impact the bottom line of the company.

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8/15 When you talk about your Pipeline tell us how you grew that pipeline and let us know how you will work through that pipeline

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9/15 3-5 Year Projections - HAVE THEM PLEASE, and then make sure you can speak to your assumptions on why you expect to grow the way you are.

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10/15 Go-to-market slide -don& #39;t just say what you plan to do for go-to-market but explain how and why

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11/15 On the Compitetion slide, don& #39;t ever say you don& #39;t have competition, if you& #39;re using a graph always put your company up and to the right, and if you have a grid never have another company have as many checkmarks as yours

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12/15 On the Team slide don& #39;t put your advisors as your team. They are there to help but won& #39;t be there day in and day out. Also, make sure you ask them before you put them there because we may call(or tweet) them.

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13/15 On the ask slide please don& #39;t just say you& #39;re using the money to grow or "25% for marketing, 25% operations, 50% for dev". No tell us what is the key metric you plan to reach with the funding that will propel your to your next round of funding.

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14/15 Don& #39;t forget to add your contact information on your Closing slide.

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15/15 These aren& #39;t all the mistakes I& #39;ve seen and this is more so from the format of formally pitching an investor, not a shorter pitch you& #39;d use for a competition. But, these are mistakes I& #39;ve seen time and time again.

I hope this is helpful.

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