Q: When preparing to pitch investors, what are the slides you should include in your deck? A: In that first meeting, most investors need just 20 minutes to decide if your idea is something they’re ...

Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Matt Rubright, an operator turned banker at Silicon Valley Bank. Building an effective pitch deck is a unique topic of conversation in the startup ...

You’ve spent weeks polishing your product, and now an investor wants to “see the deck.” Your stomach drops. You’ve got slides ...

Your first slide is obviously important for a pitch deck. First impressions count and having a solid introduction goes a long way. It seems that founders often forget that the last slide is just as ...

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Each and every slide is important. Yet, if you only have time to really nail and improve on some of them before your next investor meeting, which ones do you focus on? Decks seem to be shrinking. It’s ...