Productivity
Build an investor deck
The twelve slides an investor expects, in the order they expect them.
Fill it in
What you do, for whom, and why now.
Which round.
Real numbers, however small.
How much, and what it buys.
Your prompt
Build a Seed pitch deck. [the company] Traction: [your traction] The ask: [the ask] Every slide title is a CLAIM, and the slide is its evidence. "Market" is a label; "Salons book by phone because every tool assumes a receptionist" is a slide. An investor reads the titles first and only reads the body of the ones that surprise them, so a deck of nouns communicates nothing. Order: problem, solution, product, market, business model, traction, competition, go-to-market, team, financials, ask, close. Deviate only with a reason, because a reader is skimming for the slide they always look for. Use the real numbers, small ones included. A deck that hides 18k MRR behind "strong early momentum" tells an investor the number is bad. Never invent a figure to fill a slide; write what you have and label what you do not. Deliver a PDF and the editable source.
Use Build an investor deckOpens with everything above already filled in.
Why this works
A deck of noun titles communicates nothing, because an investor reads the titles first and only opens the bodies that surprise them. This makes every title a claim and the slide its evidence, uses your real numbers however small, and never invents a figure to fill a slide.
Questions
- What if my traction is thin?
- Write it anyway. Hiding 18k MRR behind "strong early momentum" tells an investor the number is bad.