Ingredients for a Successful Startup Pitch Deck!

Pitching your startup to investors just might be the most nerve-wracking aspect of starting your new business — well, besides the prospect of losing your shirt.

I get it. The last thing you want to do when you’re sleep-deprived and edgy and suffering startup angst is pitch it over… and over… and over again. It’s actually a pretty helpless feeling, asking strangers to decide on the fate of your new venture. If it’s your first or second venture, there can be a real learning curve, too. It takes time and feedback to get it right.

You don’t have to be talented or have amazing numbers to have a great pitch. Presenting few pitch presentations and books that can make anyone a standout.

Actual Startup Pitch Decks!

1. Mixpanel — Our pitch deck that we used to raise $65M
2. Buffer — The slide deck we used to raise half a million dollars
3. Foursquare’s 1st Pitch Deck
4. Linkedin Series B Pitch Deck
5. Flowtab pitchbook
6. Farmeron
7. task.ly pitch deck
8. PopSurvey Pitch Deck
9. Pitch deck for Kejahunt
10. Alfred Pitch Deck

The Can’t Afford to Miss SlideShare Decks!

1. How to Pitch a VC
2. Build a Better Entrepreneur Pitch Deck
3. How To Pitch An Angel
4. My personal favorite: Perfecting Your Startup Pitch Presentation
5. Elevators Need No Pitches You Need Them
6. Mr VC here’s my Big Idea
7. Everything You’re Doing Wrong With Your Pitch & How To Fix It
8. Pitch Deck Templates for Startups
9. Sequoia Capital Pitch Deck Template
10. Five Disastrous Moves That Will Botch Your Pitch

Do you like to read books? No sweat start all over again!

1. Get Backed: Craft Your Story, Build the Perfect Pitch Deck, and Launch the Venture of Your Dreams
2. Hacking the Startup Investor Pitch: What Sequoia Capital’s Business Plan Framework Can Teach You about Building and Pitching Your Company
3. How to Give an Elevator Pitch for Tech Start-Ups: Preparing and Delivering a Tech Start-Up Pitch.
4. Fund Your Dreams!: Proven Tools for Pitching Investors
5. The Startup Pitch: A Proven Formula to Win Funding
6. The Next Step: Guiding you from idea to startup
7. Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get From Start-up to IPO on Your Terms
8. To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others
9. Venture Capital For Dummies
10. What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know: An Insider Reveals How to Get Smart Funding for Your Billion Dollar Idea