How to Pitch Your Company : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator

existed thus far, and why I would be able to pull it off. The most important pitch isn’t a polished one, it’s a casual one. Remember, you’re ideally not going through a deck. You’re setting up casual meet-and-greets with investors. At some point in the conversation, they’ll ask you what you do (that’s their job!). Here, you have to absolutely knock

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It's done! I read 3,000 startup pitch decks. I wanted to find what the incredible pitches had in common. Was there a "secret ingredient" unifying them? YES. The 4 best (that VCs wanted intros to) had the same talking point:

“Less is more” when it comes to an investor presentation. There are only a few key things most VCs look at to understand and get excited about a deal: the problem you are solving, the size of the opportunity, the strength of the team, the level of competition or competitive advantage that you have, your plan of attack, and current status. Summary f

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How to create a memo or deck for your startup by @gokulr A great pitch is not hitting the right buzzwords or showing the right credentials A great pitch is a strong conclusion that is supported by uncontroversial, logical, achievable statements that require no magical thinking https://t.co/sIHzgrlkUn