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Pitching Investors
Best Practices
by STARTUP STUDIO MONTERREY
• Based in Sequoia Capital, Crowdfunder, LinkedIn, Greylock and Tech Stars
recommendations for Investors Pith Decks.

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Four pillars of great pitch delivery
SIMPLICITY
CLARITY
PASSION
PRACTICE

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What Your Pitch Deck Is For…
• The purpose of your Deck is not to answer all
possible questions, nor close immediate investment.
• It is to open investors minds to your vision and get
them excited to know more.
• The story you craft in your Deck gets them
engaged…

5.
What Your Pitch Deck Is For…
• You want to give enough information to grab their
interest, but not too much as to overwhelm them.
• Give them enough to get excited about, but leave
them wanting more.
• Your Deck should be able to stand on its own,
without your presentation.
• Compelling Decks are concise, tell a story, are
visual, 10-13 slides.

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Common Deck Mistakes
• Too many slides, too much information.
• “Wordy slides”: To avoid, follow Guy
Kawasaki’s 10/20/30 Rule of Power Point
for slide design. 10 slides / 20 minutes to
present the slides / 30 point font or greater.
• Too many product details, or too many
financial details.

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Common Deck Mistakes
• Belittling competitors.
• False confidence or arrogance.
• False and/or silly assumptions you can’t
back up or don’t have data on.

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Pitch Deck Content
1) Company Intro - A quick and memorable one-liner summary of your startup
2) Problem: What need do you fill? Other solutions
3) Solution: Your solution
4) Market Opportunity: Define market size & customer base
5) The Product
6) Business Model: Monetization / Key Revenue Streams
7) Market Approach & Strategy: How to obtain & grow your business
8) Unique Value Proposition & Competition
9) Team & Key Stakeholders (Investors, Advisors)
10) Momentum & Traction: Your key numbers
11) Financials
12) Investment: Your ‘Ask’ for funding, Basic use of funds
Optional Slides: Intellectual Property, Exit Strategy, Partnership Agreements,
Product/Service Demo, Existing Sales/Clients.

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1. Company Intro
• A quick one-liner summary that combines your vision/
product and the mission of your company
• Keep it short and memorable.
• Try: making it relatable… as in “We are X for Y”
o (“We are UBER for Food Delivery”)
o (“We are AirBNB for Event Spaces”)
o (“We are the Starbucks of Frozen Yogurt”)

10.
Op#mizely:
Make
every
experience
count.
Airbnb:
Welcome
home.
Tradesy:
Tradesy
turns
your
closet
into
cash.

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2. The Problem
• Define the real problem/need you’re solving, and for
who.
• List current solutions
• Who else is already doing this, and how are they going
about it and what are they not getting right or doing
wrong?

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3. Solution
• Explain your solution…
• Tell the story of your customer and how customers use/
value your solution.

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4. Market Opportunity
• Define Your Market: What business/space you
are in
• Total Market Size: Dollar Size, Your Place/Niche
• Customers: Clearly define exactly who you serve
• Macro Trends & Insights

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5. Product
• Images and visuals are better than lots of text: show
don’t tell.
• DEMO of your product

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6. Business (Revenue) Model
• Who is your primary customer & how do you make money
• What is the pricing / model
• Show basic math on revenues and conversion rates
• Life-time value of an average Customer (How many
months, how many dollars?)

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7. Marketing & Growth Strategy
• Where are your customers looking today and finding help?
• Where will you get in front of them?
• How will you achieve your target growth rates?
• What are the most important and unique channels and
methods you will use to find and win customers?
• How are you doing it differently than others in the space?

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8. Unique Value Proposition
& Competition
• Where do you exist in the larger overall Market Space?
• What are your Advantages? Unique Value
Proposition.
• How is your place in the market unique to you, and the right
one for your company growth and customers?
• Who are the competitors, why have they succeeded, and
how do you truly differentiate from them?

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9. Team
• Highlight key team members and their prior positions,
successes, domain expertise.
• Demonstrate relevant experience.
• Which roles are the keys to success in your company/
space?
• List your advisors.

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Team slide example

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10. Momentum & Traction
• Show your timeline and milestones to date
• Growth metrics are key at early stage
• Revenue and # of customers to date (if exist)
• Highlight press, partnerships, accolades
• Customer success stories and/or testimonials

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11. Financials
• Include 3-5 years of financial projections
• Mention key & critical assumptions in your model
of expenses, customer conversion, market
penetration %
• Highlight each of these Yearly for at least 3 years:
o Total Customers
o Total Revenue
o Total Expense
o EBITDA

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12. Investment
• State how much Capital you are raising, and with what
general Terms: Equity, Debt, Convertible Note
• What is the timing of your Capital raise?
• Who are your existing & notable investors, if any?
• What are your key Use of Proceeds (as % of total raise):
o Founder salaries
o Sales & Marketing
o New hires
o Technology / Product or Service development
o Capital expenses / equipment

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Pitch Deck Example

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Report

25.
• DocSend,
a
startup
that
provides
people
with
a
secure
and
private
way
of
sharing
files
like
offer
le?ers
or
legal
agreements,
studied
more
than
200
pitchdecks
to
figure
out
the
right
way
to
graduate
from
bootstrapped
to
seed-­‐funded,
or
from
angels
to
a
Series
A.
• They
partnered
with
Harvard
Business
School
professor
Tom
Eisenmann
to
look
at
companies
that
had
raised
$360
million
in
total.
What did they find?

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Anexos-
Startup Studio Monterrey

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– Es un studio de Innovación y Emprendimiento para startups con
base tecnológica.
– Mediante un programa basado en mejores prácticas de Silicon
Valley y una gran diversidad de importantes recursos, Startup
Studio Monterrey apoya a Emprendedores Mexicanos para que
transformen ágilmente sus ideas en productos y servicios y sean
una realidad en el mercado.
¿Qué es Startup Studio Monterrey?

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¿Qué ofrece Startup Studio?
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Programa
de
aceleración
de
startups
Espacio
y
cultura
innovadora
y
colaboraCva
Conocimiento
prác#co
mentoría
de
expertos
Networking
con
red
global
de
emprendedores
Herramientas
tencológicas
y
de
negocio
Conexiones
con
empresas
de
la
industria
Exposición
y
promoción
Puente
hacia
ecosistema
de
EUA
Vinculación
con
inversionistas
y
fondos

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Aliados estratégicos
– TECNOLÓGICOS
— DE INDUSTRIA
— GUBERNAMENTALES — ESTRATÉGICOS

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Equipos de talento Emprendedor Mexicano que tengan una idea,
proyecto o startup con las siguientes características:
• Basados en Tecnologías de Información.
• Enfoque en mercado global—con alto potencial de mercado.
• Alto grado de Innovación.
• Modelo de negocio escalable
y sustentable.
• Generación de impacto social
y ambiental positivo.
• Equipo dedicado para el proyecto
(mínimo 2, máximo 5 integrantes).
Recomendacion: multidisciplinario.
¿Quiénes pueden participar?
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