Office Hours | Dallas & Austin Business Lawyers | Vela Wood

Office Hours is our podcast covering general issues related to small businesses and startups. Preparing For Funding is a series of Office Hours episodes hosted by VW Partners Kevin Vela and Rad Wood about getting your company’s legal house in order before taking on funding. We are recutting this series to reflect updates in law and venture trends in the last 5 years to better help you navigate through preparing for funding.

In this episode, we discuss pitch decks, including what their purpose is (and isn’t), how to structure an effective deck, and how to get them in front of potential investors.

Time Stamps

• 1:00 – The True Value of Pitch Decks


• 4:38 – Trends in Pitch Decks


• 6:18 – Making Your Pitch Deck as Low Friction as Possible


• 9:27 – How to Approach Investors


• 11:55 – How to Find Investors


• 15:02 – Appropriate Structure of Pitch Decks


• 16:31– Including Capital Raise Details in Decks


• 18:30 – Multiple Versions of Your Pitch Deck

Related Content

• Pitch Decks Are The New Business Plan


• Presenting To Investors: Conciseness = Clarity


• Startup Starter Pack


• Startup Pitch Tips (Part 1)


• Getting To “No”


• Selected Offering Exemptions

References

• 30 Legendary Startup Pitch Decks and What You Can Learn From Them