Most pitch decks fail not because the venture is weak, but because the deck is engineered for the founder rather than the investor. After hundreds of investor-facing engagements, we’ve codified what works.
The 12-Slide Standard
- Cover — Company name, tagline, your role, the date
- Problem — One slide. One sentence. One number.
- Solution — What you do, in plain language
- Market Size — TAM, SAM, SOM (with sourced numbers)
- Product — Screenshots, demo, or visual
- Business Model — How you make money
- Traction — Revenue, growth, key metrics
- Competition — How you’re different, not why others are wrong
- Team — Why this team wins
- Financials — 3-year projection, unit economics
- Ask — How much, what for, what runway
- Vision — Where this goes in 5 years
Anything beyond 12 slides is a sign of unclear thinking. Anything under 10 leaves critical questions unanswered.
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