Pitch Deck Design: Raising Startup Capital

The design of your slides says a lot about your presentation. Here you will learn some design elements that will help give off a great first impression. 

Creating this slide may seem easy, but often times too much content is used. Here you will learn the three key elements that should be used in the title slide. 

It's important to be able to explain what your business does in one sentence through an XYZ statement. Find out what goes into creating the perfect XYZ statement.

Completing this slide might seem difficult but don't let it scare you! There are many different stats that can be used on this. Here I will go over different few stats that can be used as well as where to find them. 

It's important for your audience to fully understand the problem your business is trying to solve. In this lecture you will learn 3 guidelines that should be followed when writing your problem statement. 

Your audience knows the problem you are trying to solve so now is the time to unveil your solution. After completing this lecture you will see there should be one main focus on this slide.  

Now is the time to tell your audience why your business is great. Learn what to emphasize about your business and a profit model to use.

Don't make this slide so complicated that your audience won't understand. Here we will go over a way in which you can present the slide as well as a few guidelines to follow. 

Show investors how your business is going to grown. In this lecture we will go over how to use marketing messages and marketing channels to reach your goals.

Investors want to know who they are doing business with but don't need to know every detail about the team. Learn what information is important to include on this slide and how to present it to potential investors.  

Presenting your competitors to investors is important. Learn how to successfully design a slide that shows investors what sets you apart from your competition. 

While it's hard to know exactly where your business will be financially in the future, it's still important to show your financial projections. Here you will learn the guideline how to accurately and successfully show your projections.

Let investors know how much funding you are seeking as well as the type of funding. Here we will go over a couple different types of funding and how to answer the why you need funding.

This slide is pretty simple but there are a few key items that need to be included. We will also go over a few other items you should have available when presenting your pitch.