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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:00AM (#24837362)
Many people here asking for an example. Here's a real example of a pre-seed pitch deck that I'm using for my meetings with investors [1]. I'll explain why I like Pitch.

I am a first time founder. I am a technical guy who have to be a jack-of-all-trades for the past 6 months. I am a type of guy who's really bad at designing slides. Leave me with PowerPoint or Google Presentation and you'll see the ugliest presentation in your life.

I had to do a pitch deck and I saw Pitch app. I applied for a beta access and got it about 4 months ago.

Pitch was exactly what I needed: a set of pre-defined slides, graphs, tables which don't allow someone like me to make bad decisions doing presentation.

I am more than happy with my presentation. It looks OK without me doing any extra work.

If you're 0 at making presentations then Pitch is for you. For other, can't really say.

Pitch team, good job, thx. I'm not paying you so hope that at least this comment will do some good for you.

P.S. I've read that Pitch raised $50M pre-launch. Did they pivot or what?

[1] https://app.pitch.com/app/presentation/61deced0-886c-4c28-a6...

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by jimhi on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:32AM (#24838535)
As someone who makes startups and invests sometimes, I recommend you remove "Wrote 90% of code being a part-time cofounder." That would be a red flag.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by ash110 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:37AM (#24838592)
Could you explain why that would be a red flag?
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by jimhi on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:00PM (#24838933)
No one wants to invest in part-time entrepreneurs. This is a pitch deck, it should only show reasons to invest.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by rabidonrails on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:40PM (#24840227)
I assume you put in the statement to show that he _thinks_ going full time would make him more productive. But the flipside of that argument is what we _know_ which is he currently has another job.

So here you're showing that there's risk involved with your team. This risk would have to be balanced with an equally high or higher reward if you wanted to highlight it. Don't show an investor the door (in your deck) unless you want them to open it.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by MatthewMcDonald on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:01PM (#24838941)
All it does is make me think that they aren't full time, and may not be committed. I also have questions about IP concerns.

These may not be serious issues, and they can be easily answered, but this statement is a distraction. You want your pitch deck to answer questions, not raise new ones.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:10PM (#24839060)
Thx a lot for this explanation.

We're full time. It just started as a side-project

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by agumonkey on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @05:49PM (#24842692)
not sure either, maybe a lack of balance in the delegation or organizational structure ?
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:38AM (#24838609)
Full-time today. But I get what you mean. I had a lot of doubt wether I should put it there or not.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by liamcardenas on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:30AM (#24837713)
What makes Pitch better than purchasing templates? For instance, you can find professionally designed templates here [1].

[1] https://graphicriver.net/popular_item/by_category?category=p...

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:32AM (#24837735)
For me it's simply the fact that I do not have to pay a dime.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by mbreese on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:46PM (#24839552)
Which to me means that these templates/themes are at risk of starting to look stale sooner rather than later.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by pal_9000 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:59AM (#24838079)
What makes Spotify better than early iTunes? Quite obvious, no?
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by carlps on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:10AM (#24838225)
No, I don't think it is. Early itunes was a media player and music store I could use to catalog my own music as well as license theirs. Spotify is a streaming music service with a free ads based model or paid monthly subscription to get access to most commercially released music. How is that anything like Pitch vs PowerPoint templates?
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by pal_9000 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:28AM (#24838464)
I was just referring to the 'Subscription service vs One-time purchase' model. If you want to make a single presentation in a year, perhaps, not considering any differences, you are better of buying templates on Themeforest. But the convenience, cost-effectiveness of such a service, i can certainly see value
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by mrhat on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:14AM (#24837508)
Fyi on slide 6 you've a typo "Opportunity". Congrats on the product btw!
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:17AM (#24837550)
Thx! Just fixed. Gosh, I knew posting it here will have some benefits.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by evancharles on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:09AM (#24837447)
thx so much for showing an example, very helpful. btw, if I may, it might be nicer to stick to just serif or sans-serif fonts in your deck, the mix is making my eyes a little sad.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @10:11AM (#24837481)
Oh wow. Didn't see that. I told you I'm bad at it lol.

But thx a lot! Will do that.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by moeamaya on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:57AM (#24838890)
Thanks for sharing the business logic for Pitch.

For your own startup, are you targeting a specific niche? Do you have any advantages in distribution besides the excellent HN top comment hack :)

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @10:37AM (#24848281)
DaaS is a bit more horizontal. It has to be. We sell an ingredient for others' solution.

Excellent HN top comment hack lol.

Content marketing, open-sourcing (2 popular Python packages), and cold sales work so far.

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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by ponker on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @03:18PM (#24841307)
Honestly for this kinda hype I expected something more beautiful. This is way behind beautiful.ai
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by moomin on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:25AM (#24838443)
Damn good idea btw. I can immediately grasp how you could make money.
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by artembugara on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:28AM (#24838463)
Thx. Probably, you know some company that could benefit from our solution?
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Re:Pitch: Collaborative presentation software for teams by altdatathrow on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @11:49AM (#24838793)
Probably because there are numerous incumbents and an aggregated news feed isn't nearly as unique as their grid chart makes it out to be.
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