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What do investors need from your problem slide?

TechCrunch

However, not all problems are worth solving. There are two common problems with the problem slide. Some founders are tempted to go way into the weeds on this slide, explaining the competitive landscape, market size, customer segments, value propositions and more. What is the problem? That is a mistake.

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The Team Slide is the most important slide in a startup pitch deck

TechCrunch

When a startup graduates and becomes a “real” company, with hundreds of employees and the first inklings of large amounts of revenue, you could argue that a Team Slide is less important. In other words: Is there a real problem here that people are willing to pay to solve? That is the question a Team Slide has to answer.

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What’s the right order for the slides in your pitch deck?

TechCrunch

For some companies, using the template as-is works, but for others, it gives you a story that doesn’t flow, at best, or doesn’t work, at worst. You know how it goes: What’s the problem, how are you solving it, how big is the market, what’s the competition, what’s your team, how much money are you raising… the usual.

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How we built our investor presentation and raised $2 million

The Next Web

We just closed a $2 million dollar investment from a group of investors we couldn’t be more excited to be working with and I thought it might be helpful to share our process for how we created our investor presentation. Some investors say you should always put the Team slide first, while others say you should save it until the end.

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Never express your ‘use of funds’ slide as percentages

TechCrunch

When investors look at a startup slide deck, they are looking for something very specific. Yes, they want to know if the team is great and the market is huge and the problem is worth solving and the solution makes sense. You have to: If you don’t, you don’t fit into the models of how VC works. Here’s how to fix that.

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Trainer’s Notebook: Facilitating Brainstorming Sessions for Nonprofit Work

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Does your work at a nonprofit include facilitating meetings or trainings? ” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. It can also be used to create work norms or processes. Asking the Right Brainstorming Question or Problem Framing is Secret to Success.

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2011 Online Giving Trends and 5 Tactics Your Nonprofit Must Implement Today

NetWits

First, it solves the end-of-year giving problem by getting people to give on a monthly basis. Second, it solves the retention problem that every nonprofit deals with by getting people to commit to more than one gift right from the beginning. Second, they’ve boldly told you how much of your gift goes to the work they are doing.

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