Pitches and Pitch Decks

Successful startup founders end up having a nesting doll set of pitches, from short to long. In this course we work on a 60-second version and a 3-minute version. If you are taking the class for a grade, you’ll need to turn in a 3-minute pitch deck for me before our last night (could be a real venture or a fictional one). You can see my Fitaco pitch deck below as an example. Just 8-10 slides or so, demonstrating to me that you understood the concepts we discussed in the course. 

Some of the things that might be in a 3-minute pitch include:

• Why are you the exactly the right entrepreneur for this venture?
• What problem are you solving?
• What’s your secret sauce?
• How will your venture make money?
• What does the current competitive landscape look like?
• How big is the opportunity?
• How are you going to efficiently acquire customers?
• What are your initial capital needs, and what milestone will that initial capital get you to?

Click below to download the Fitaco pitch deck:
(You don’t have to follow this format exactly, I’m just providing it as an example).

A video of the deck being presented:

You’ll find more content on the Speaking and Presenting page.