For all the focus on pitch decks (and more than 80 articles on the topic), you’d think that it’s impossible for startups to raise from angels or institutional investors without one. That’s not ...

In a lot of the pitch deck teardowns, I get stumped by a certain slide, even though I am 99% sure that when a founder uses it to pitch a VC, they will give a little bit of additional context that ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As an entrepreneur, a pitch deck is your most powerful tool to impress investors and raise investments from them. However, creating the ...

Anyone with a winning track record of successfully pitching investors and buyers has figured out the formula. They know their audience, honed their story and separated their brand from the pack. I've ...

Kelly: What is your ideal format for a pitch deck? The ideal early-stage pitch deck should be 10-15 pages (plus an appendix) and should tell the following story: 1. Cover – Company logo, a company ...

A typical investor in a venture firm receives roughly 5,000 pitches in a year, and reads about 700 of them. They only spend 3 minutes scanning each deck, and may fund a handful of startups or none at ...

Creating a pitch deck is hard, especially when you’ve never done it before. If you’re a first-time entrepreneur like I was when we raised our series $15 million first round for Bigcommerce back in ...

You should show investors you have a particular and addressable market. Ensure you include all the advertising and sales methods used to introduce and demonstrate your wares to consumers. When ...