1. Storytelling and Why it's so Important.- 2. How Venture Capital Works.- 3. How to Design you Pitch Deck.- 4. What Slides will you Need?.

- 5. Slide: The Problem - and Why it is Worth Solving- 6. Slide: The Solution - and How you are Different from Other Solutions on the Market.- 7. Slide: The Product - What Does the Solution Actually Do?.- 8. Slide: Market- Where is the Market Today? Where is it Going?.- 9.

Slide: Team - Why You are the Right People to Solve this Problem.- 10. Slide: Traction - How are you Measuring Your Success to Date? What Milestones Have you Hit?.- 11. Slide: The Moat - Why is it Hard for other Startups to do What You're Doing?.- 12. Slide: Business Model - How are you Going to Make Money?.- 13.

Slide: Go-To-Market Strategy - What's the 'Beach-head Audience,' and How are you Going to Reach Them?.- 14. Slide: Competitors - Who Else is in the Market? How Else are your Customers Solving the Same Problem?.- 15. Slide: The Ask- How Much are you Raising, and What are you Going to Accomplish with that Money?.- 16. Slide: Timing - Why is Now is the Perfect Time to Start this Company?.- 17.

The Take-Home Deck- Should You Have Multiple Versions of your Pitch Deck?.- 18. Who Should you be Talking To? Creating an Investor Lead List.- 19. Getting Introductions- So, How do you Get in Front of the Right People? .- 20. The Investment Thesis- Your Potential Investors Have a Thesis They Use to Guide Their Investments. It's Helpful to Know What it is.

- 21. Further Reading - Now that you Have a Pitch, What Else do you Need to Know?.