Has anyone built a successful pit deck?

If you mean on kind of document or presentation of your business , idea ... Then yeah, I have some kind of pitch deck i got copied when i applied to YCombinator. You can check it here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lCHqqAZJpli3wYtHncUGu3-ir9XrGHNNeJH_YTn0gN0/edit#heading=h.5a4irk7pr0ky

It's not successful pitch deck, since we didn't get funded, but it's useful to have and easy share with potential investor

Thank you. I'll look into 😁

Hi @fahimmd I've successfully raised 2 Seed rounds and 2 A Rounds. I'm happy to help.

Where are you with the business? (MVP? Revenue?) What have you validated? (Product/market fit? Acquisition model? etc.) What do you need from investors? (Working capital? Access to customers? Guidance?)

Perfect! I'll DM you the details.

Thats really valuable questions Matt. Do you mind sharing what project/startup of yours got funded ?

Hey @kinderminder, sure. As far as fundraising - Zaius is the most successful. We raised about 13M before I left, then raised 30M B round last April. Currently fundraising for a crypto firm. Not saying I'm an expert, but happy to share what I've learned.

Thats impressive Matt. I am currently seeking funding for Automatio.co

if you can introduce to someone or help, let me know

that is awesome @matttharp ! Do you think that less groundbreaking technologies like a Private clinic management tool could be interesting for the likes of ycombinator? Sure, we're saying that it's going to be a great piece of software but it's nothing unseen. If not where would you knock with something like this? Thanks a lot

I don't feel qualified to speak for all incubators, but from what I've seen they like higher risk/reward scenarios which tend to be more groundbreaking/novel.

It really depends on where you're at with your business. If you have tapped into a novel approach to customer acquisition, or have found a unique way to convert existing private clinics to your tech - you can leverage this acquisition advantage to raise $. The solution itself doesn't have to be groundbreaking if some other aspect of the business is.

Would really need to know more to recommend anything.

thanks so much @matttharp I'll continue with the product and I'll get in touch with you for a discussion if you'll have the time. It's too early at this point

@fahimmd Here is a great example of a Series A pitch deck used by Front https://medium.com/@collinmathilde/front-series-a-deck-f2e2775a419b

This is a great model for someone with users and a certain amount of growth, but the bigger picture take-aways are clear:

• emphasize metrics to show you are analyzing everything about your business. This is critical, even if it's early and you don't have tons of data.
• Show proof - not just ideas. Acquisition channel proof, use of capital, low churn...etc.

Check out her other posts, she provides great insights on their fund raising process.

@kinderminder @fahimmd @matttharp Hey guys! Would love to ask a question about building MVP. We all that MVP starts from a few simple feature. What you expect from the MVP? Since it is simple and may be crappy, will it affect our feedback even if the idea works? In other word, at which point you can say "emmm this idea will work"

i have problem building MVP 🤪, but i think its something which should be enough for someone to make value / save time / make money. And in same time have some return on you, either user feedback or early profit 💰

Yes exactly! At least gaining some info. I have a friend who is going to go YC 2019S. He told me that profit is very very difficult in the early stage

unless your product is hot or you are a coding genius

@kinderminder Why you have a problem building MVP? I saw your current project (the API one). That is a pretty good idea

in terms of building it or getting early customers (selling it)

it's cause i like to explore and do more projects at once, and sometimes we build some prototype which have more features then its need for MVP, which are untested and not ready for public or at least mass usage

I said i have problem with MVP, cause I always want more. Same in life, if I need to run one circle, i will run two ... idk why, probably have built in hardwork, which doesn't end smart always