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Claire Macmillan

🌟 Mastering the Art of Pitch Decks: Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes and Elevate Your Fundraising…

In the high-stakes game of startup funding, creating a compelling pitch deck is crucial. But all too often, founders fall victim to fatal…

5 min readApr 22, 2024

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🌟 Mastering the Art of Pitch Decks: Avoid These 5 Common Mistakes and Elevate Your Fundraising…

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Claire Macmillan

Pitch deck essentials: the 15 second test

Passing the 15 second pitch deck test is essential for success. But how do you do that? The answer is a combination of strong storytelling…

3 min readMar 25, 2024

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Pitch deck essentials: the 15 second test

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Claire Macmillan

How To Stop Your Pitch Deck Turning Into Frankenstein’s Monster

If you’re a startup founder, this will be a familiar scenario: You’ve spent days constructing your pitch deck. You’ve written slides…

3 min readOct 31, 2023

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How To Stop Your Pitch Deck Turning Into Frankenstein’s Monster

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Claire Macmillan

Lesson # 2: Start with your closing statement.

As a criminal barrister, when you are preparing a trial you start with your closing speech. This is the last thing the jury hears from you…

2 min readOct 5, 2023

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Lesson # 2: Start with your closing statement.

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Claire Macmillan

Lesson # 1: Tell a story. A British criminal barrister’s guide to pitching VCs

When it comes to the Criminal bar, storytelling is everything. The jury needs to believe that what you say happened, happened. That yours…

2 min readSep 19, 2023

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Lesson # 1: Tell a story. A British criminal barrister’s guide to pitching VCs

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Claire Macmillan

VC pitch deck templates: if you’re thinking of using one then read on…

When it comes to creating the perfect pitch, people often look to templates to give them the answer and there are many great examples out…

5 min readJul 14, 2023

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VC pitch deck templates: if you’re thinking of using one then read on…

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Claire Macmillan

The world has changed. 6 things founders need to think about when raising Series A in 2023.

2021 was a fundraising feeding frenzy. Global VC investment shattered records, topping $671B, with a dramatic increase in valuation and…

9 min readJun 15, 2023

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The world has changed. 6 things founders need to think about when raising Series A in 2023.

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Claire Macmillan

Essential tips for remote pitching your startup to VCs via video in the time of Covid 19

Now is an unenviable time to find yourself looking to raise venture capital. But the bottom line is that if your business needs funding…

5 min readApr 19, 2020

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Essential tips for remote pitching your startup to VCs via video in the time of Covid 19

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Claire Macmillan
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A British Criminal Barrister’s guide to pitching investors in Silicon Valley

For the past 10 years I have been an investor pitch coach. But I started my career at the Criminal Bar in London, defending jury trials…

5 min readApr 17, 2019

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A British Criminal Barrister’s guide to pitching investors in Silicon Valley

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Claire Macmillan

Claire Macmillan

I am a storyteller & ex British criminal barrister who spent years in the start up ecosystem in Silicon Valley. I create pitch decks. www.clairemacmillan.com

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