According to Get Backed, a pitch deck is a series of words and images that illustrate a venture's story and business model. Pitch decks do three things: they get people to understand, they get people to care, and they get people to take action.

Entrepreneurs have used them to raise money, recruit employees, and close customers, partners, and suppliers. They are one of the most powerful tools early-stage entrepreneurs have at their disposal. They represent everything that is valuable about the startup-the vision, the team behind that vision, the core elements of its business model, and the insights into the customer that the venture plans to take advantage of and the industry that the venture hopes to disrupt.

Kinds of Decks

There are two kinds of pitch decks:

1. Presentation deck. A visual to assist your oral presentation in an investor meeting or on stage at a demo day.

2. Reading deck. A more thorough and detailed deck that can be read and understood without you there.

References

1. Get Backed, by Evan Baehr and Evan Loomis

Creators

• #citizensofone (See: Citizens of One)

Tags

• #get-backed (See: Get Backed)

• #index (See: #index)