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Template #2 – Guy Kawasaki

Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 10:12 am
by mdsojolh43
Guy Kawasaki has been an advisor to Google's Motorola division and Apple's chief evangelist, among other things. Here again, we're dealing with a big name. His pitch deck includes 10 slides, which is quite short. Don't feel obliged to limit yourself to this rather limited number. Better to have 20 solid slides than 10 slides that say nothing. Here's the plan adopted by Guy Kawasaki:

Title
Problem / Opportunities
Value proposition
“Underlying Magic” (= description of the technology used and the secrets of your product)
Business Model
Go-to-Market Plan (how you will reach your target, your market)
Competitor analysis
Team
Financial projections and key indicators.
Current status, goals, timeline and funding (a lot for one slide!).
It is very relevant to start by presenting the problem and its solution before going into details. Guy Kawasaki is not the only one to have adopted this approach. To view the slide, click here .


Template #3 – Sequoia Capital
Sequoia Capital is one of the most well-known venture capital funds in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1972 and specializing in the incubation and financing of startups, Sequoia Capital has participated in the financing of companies such as Airbnb, YouTube, Apple, Dropbox, Stripe, Evernote , Oracle and even Google itself. Sequoia Capital is also found, as an investor, in several private and public companies in various sectors.

In short, Sequoia Capital is well placed to know what investors are looking for.

Sequoia Capital, in its pitch deck template, offers the following outline (the template is available here ):

Issue
Solution
Why now? (very clever slide!)
Market size
Competition
Product
Business Model
Team
Board / Advisors
Funding
Fundraising

Template #4 – NextView Ventures
NextView Ventures is, as its name suggests, a venture capital fund. NVV specializes bahamas whatsapp data in investing in startups and early-stage companies. The company invests in the new technologies and internet sectors.

Here is the outline of the pitch deck template that NextView Ventures offers: