DECKO’S WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
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Expert insights from a team who’s helped over 300 startups raise their rounds.
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![A bell curve chart with various sketches and text annotations. The chart shows IQ scores from 55 to 145, with the majority around 100. On the left, there's a cartoon of a man with glasses and tears, with text about explaining how AI works and taking a Stanford online course. On the right, a person in a hoodie with text about telling investors what we’re doing and how we know it’s good. The left and right sides have small percentages and descriptive comments.]()
Stop “checking boxes” with your pitch deck.
May 5th, 2025
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Are you a red flag to investors?
May 14th, 2025
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![A scene from the movie 'Forrest Gump' featuring Tom Hanks as Forrest sitting on a yellow swing in a park, looking contemplative.]()
6 small ways to grow a lot faster.
May 23rd, 2025
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![A young man in a black coat making a peace sign and smiling at a grave site with a small mound of dirt in front. The image has overlaid text: 'deck without an intro slide' and 'a16z'.]()
No deck has this slide, but every deck needs it.
May 30th, 2025
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![A man with a beard and mustache looking upward with a surprised or shocked expression, in a dark blue background. Caption above reads: 'Me trying to figure out how to use the space at the top of each slide:'.]()
Don’t title the slides in your pitch deck.
June 13th, 2025
