Editor’s note: Joe Procopio is the Chief Product Officer at Get Spiffy and the founder of teachingstartup.com. Joe has a long entrepreneurial history in the Triangle that includes Automated Insights, ...

Anyone with a winning track record of successfully pitching investors and buyers has figured out the formula. They know their audience, honed their story and separated their brand from the pack. I've ...

Some capture attention and excite interest. Others fade from memory quicker than you can say ‘pre-seed.’ I’m talking about pitch decks. Every day, startups blow their shot at investor meetings and ...

The 10-page pitch deck that helped NDVR raise its $20 million Series B Percent Percent is a three-sided private-credit marketplace that connects borrowers, investors, and underwriters. The marketplace ...

A pitch deck is a concise, visually engaging presentation used primarily by entrepreneurs to introduce a business idea or startup to potential investors, partners or stakeholders. Typically composed ...

You should show investors you have a particular and addressable market. Ensure you include all the advertising and sales methods used to introduce and demonstrate your wares to consumers. When ...

If I were to pick the most common thread across all the advice I give to first-time founders, even repeat founders, it would be to stop making things so difficult. Recently, I answered a question from ...

Investors are spending 24% less time looking at pitch decks in 2022, compared to 2021. On average, you have just under three minutes to convince them to take a meeting with you. In fact, for decks ...

Creating the perfect pitch deck can be the difference between a successful fundraise or a trip back to the drawing board. Henry Mason, a principal at London-based Dawn Capital, has seen pitch decks ...

After attending TechCrunch Early Stage last week, I was cheered to meet so many first-time founders and experienced investors who are looking for opportunities. Based on my conversations, VCs are very ...

Impossible Kicks, a brick-and-mortar sneaker-resale business, launched in 2021. The company booked $15 million in revenue last year and has raised $7 million total in funding. Here's the pitch deck ...

There’s a strategy to pitching investors. You need a compelling story of course, but how you tell it is important, too. That’s where a solid “pitch deck” — a brief presentation, generally in slide ...