Recording from the live event held on June 12, 2024.
"Send me your pitch deck." 4 words that, when you hear them, create initial excitement followed by existential dread.
Your deck's been created, edited, revised, torn down, rebuilt, redesigned, and revised some more. It had too few slides, then it had too many slides, then you got feedback that it was missing slides, and other feedback that it got too complicated.
Most founders think if they retweak a little bit more they'll have it figured out. In reality, they end up with version 14.2 of a deck they still don't like. All the tweaks in the world won't matter if you're not telling the right STORY.
Startup Hypeman Founder RajNATION has built 300+ pitches -- from consumer tech, to biotech, to enterprise SaaS and everywhere in between, helping startups raise multiple millions of dollars in the process. He's seen every kind of founder roadblock and built investor relationships to learn what plays and what doesn't. In this open format fireside chat, you'll learn:
The non-obvious mistakes founders make when pitching
The Funding Triangle and how to apply it to your pitch deck
Positioning techniques to get attention and hold interest in your startup
Key lessons from 300+ pitches built through 3 different economic climates
You'll also have the opportunity to Ask Raj Anything during an extensive Q&A.
You should attend if you're actively in a fundraise, or plan to fundraise in the next 6 - 12 months, and already have a baseline understanding of the fundraise process.