
The first TED Talk on Venture Capital by J. Skyler Fernandes: TED Talk: Innovating The Financing of Innovation
Download the slide template below to use for your presentation.
Highlight the core founders and advisors on your team slide to show why investors should listen. Outline advisory board roles, equity ranges, and how they provide legitimacy and introductions.
Present your solution to investors with focused slides and a clear demo or screenshots, showing how your product solves a large problem with a client story and value propositions.
Craft six-year or three-to-five-year financial projections by linking target market size, acquired clients, and conversion rates to realistic margins and a clear exit strategy.
learn to craft a clean, self-explanatory pitch deck of 15–30 slides with concise bullets, strong visuals showing results, and consistent formatting that adds value for investors.
Identify warm introductions through trusted networks, align your pitch with the investor’s sector and stage, and prepare tailored decks and practice to confidently secure capital.
Open your pitch by stating your name, title, and company to acclimate the audience. Deliver an elevator pitch that conveys your vision with simple language and storytelling to engage investors.
Craft a concise pitch deck with 10–15 slides covering the information and your ten times better value. Stay focused, execute fast, and test with the market to win investors.
This course is based on the "Best" Startup Investor Pitch Deck Methodology, which has become the #1 Startup Pitch Deck online, viewed and downloaded over 45,000 times, and taught at top business schools and accelerators around the world. This course is taught by its creator, J. Skyler (Sky) Fernandes, who is a top ranked Venture Capitalist (a Powerlist 100 VC), an Angel Investor, a serial entrepreneur, adviser to start-ups, and a frequent speaker on the topic of entrepreneurship at institutions such as Harvard Business School, Wharton, New York University, New York Stock Exchange, and also presented the first TED Talk on Venture Capital.
The knowledge you'll obtain from this class comes from an aggregation of some of the best pitch decks and wisdom from some of the top angels, VCs, and entrepreneurs, including Sky's personal insights and experiences.
The class is much more than just a template for entrepreneurs to use to present to investors and a discussion of what details should be addressed on each slide. During each session, Sky will discuss personal stories and share some of the "secret" inner thinking that goes on inside an investor's mind and how (ultimately) they decide to invest in a select few of the thousands of opportunities that show-up in their in-boxes each year.