Will your deck ever be good enough?

I asked myself the same question.

The answer is, no.

Last summer I went through an Accelerator (2020 Startups), where I learned what investors are looking for in pitch decks.

Pitch Deck after 2020 Startups.

I then attended The Batchery which is another Accelerator and they gave me even more feedback on my deck, just when I thought it was perfect…

Pitch Deck after The Batchery.

After going through these two accelerators here’s what I think you should have in your deck.

Make sure it’s only 10–12 slides, investors don’t have time to go through 30 slides of information. Slide 1 — Splash Page — Logo, Company name, One liner Slide 2 — Problem — what problem are you solving Slide 3 — Solution — how are you solving the problem? Slide 4 — Competition Breakdown — how are you different than your competition? Slide 5 — Traction — how much traction do you have? Slide 6 — Market Adoption — how are you going to get people to use your product? Slide 7 — Market Opportunity — how big is your market? How much of it do you plan to take? Slide 8 — Projections — how much money do you plan to make in 3–5 years? Make sure these numbers are realistic… Slide 9 — Raising — How much are you raising and on what terms? What are you going to do with these funds? What milestones will you hit with these funds? Slide 10 — Team /Contact Us — Why your team? What makes you special? What does each member do? Add contact information to this page as well.

You need to realize that people are always going to have their opinions. Unfortunately, there will always be something wrong with your pitch deck and that’s something you need to come to terms with.

When you’re working on your deck think about ways to draw your potentials investors in.

Right now I’ve been trying to implement subtle jabs (shoutout to Gary Vaynerchuk — jab, jab, right hook) in the beginning slides to lead up to the right hook with my traction slide.

So far it’s been working and I’ve been getting more and more responses!!!

Current Deck

Here’s an example of my current deck if you wanted to check it out.

Don’t get frustrated if you keep getting negative feedback on your pitch deck! Continue to work on it until you feel comfortable, whatever you do don’t give up on your dream or what you’re building.

You’ve came this far, no point of stopping now.

If you have a pitch deck I would love to check it out if you wanted, get in touch with me below!

Thanks for reading!