Slidebean

Nov 19, 2021

This is a fantastic time to found a startup, but unless you plan to bootstrap it, you will still need to go through the laborious exercise of crafting a pitch deck.According to Jose Cayasso, CEO and co-founder of pitch deck design agency Slidebean, there are five slides where pretty much all founders miss the mark:Go-to-marketUse case/audienceTAMPossible outcomesTeamUsing examples from Airbnb, Uber and others, he shares several strategies for avoiding the most common pitfalls, along with the pitch deck framework Slidebean uses with most of its clients.“Remember, a pitch deck needs to achieve two things: tell your company story and convince the investor that they can make money with this,” says Cayasso.— Doubling Down in Daly CityMaking the case for IVP: Initial viable productAs a concept, minimum viable product (MVP) has given founders maximum flexibility.Instead of putting MVP on a pedestal, he proposes adding an initial viable product (IVP) to the roadmap. Disclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated & summarized by a computer program and has not been created by StartupAround.