There is no ideal pitch deck. The narrative depends on what you’re building—but I really like this one: 1. Vision for the world in 5 years 2. The novel wedge that will get you there 3. How you plan to distribute it 4. What could go wrong 5. What you’ll prove by the time you need…
Make it easy for people to introduce you
Friends who make intros are doing you a favor.
Write the intro email so they can just copy and paste.
Here’s the email we asked friends to send investors:
It is nearly impossible to convince a VC of a thesis they don’t already believe, so the key in fundraising is to ‘discover’ the right partners, not try to educate and convince…
Community Bonds to finance public interest projects
I was just reminded that for our Series A, we sent a questionnaire to the investors we were considering to understand if we have alignment.
Then the investor needed to write a doc or a presentation explaining their answers and thinking.