Thousands of pitch decks and only a handful of winners. Such is the math of the VC industry right now, what with an explosion of startups and dreams of glory launching every year. VCs are overwhelmed ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was a Tuesday afternoon seven years ago when I had my first investors meeting. A recent university graduate, I had no clue how to persuade investors or raise money. All I knew was that I needed to ...

Startup companies often prepare an “investor pitch deck,” which is a slide presentation summary of the company, its team members, the company’s products and technology, and other key information. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

One hundred and seventy seconds. Weeks or even months of working on your pitch deck could come down to the 170 seconds (on average) that investors spend looking at your deck. “Investors see a lot of ...