Many times a plain PDF printed out on a stack of dead trees is still the best way to pitch. Unfortunately it's a PITA to build good-looking PDF decks in standard presentation tools... would be awesome to just edit some HTML and generate the PDF from that.
This was a side project and we really just focusing on the web side of things -- this is great to host on your own URL and send to investors/interested parties/share with people/add to your angel.co profile, etc.
We never really considered the print aspect but could be something to add in the future if people like the product enough.
I'm a programmer and prefer using HTML5 based presentation libraries, but for the average user creating a powerpoint and emailing it is simpler and easier than this sort of thing.
What's to stop people visiting the demo page and copying the markup, stylesheets and JS?
I guess $10 is less valuable than your time of 1hr writing the equivalent but I'm also sure you'd have to invest time to customize the deck anyhow to make it original and there is tons of open source HTML slide deck alternatives already to start from, like Bespoke http://markdalgleish.com/projects/bespoke.js/
Um. No. That works for GitHub, Facebook and Pinterest (and God knows I'd kill to be in their shoes) but for the rest of us this advice doesn't quite work out.
Any investor will also want to understand the overall market, trends, pain points, customer case studies if any, competitors, product roadmap, etc. Don't want to do this type of work on your pitch and don't have the kind of explosive growth the companies above had? Good luck.
Cool product! I've actually been working on a similar project for my website http://www.Pitchenvy.com . It's a gallery of startup pitch decks (the best ones that are public).
It's really important to have a pitch deck that attracts the attention of your audience and concisely delivers all your points. I'm glad that more founders are focusing on this. However, the pitch deck should not be your main concern in regards to your pitch. Don't forget that 50% of the pitch is the presentation itself. You need to build rapport & engage the audience. The best pitches are the ones where the audience feels like they are a part of a genuinely interesting conversation...without needing to speak a word! I know that alot of founders are not great public speakers, but with the right amount of practice anyone can deliver the perfect pitch.
Have you considered creating a platform such as http://gust.com/en/ with your design features and the possibility to share links for start-ups? Its free for start-ups (and they can share url links with their contacts) but once you have enough pitches, investors pay to browse through the platform and identify/contact projects relevant to their investments strategies.
I love the progress bar along the top (Forces you to keep it short, and stops everyone wondering when it ends).
But when you're on the last slide, the bar isn't fully colored. I know it's a tiny thing, but it's strangely annoying seeing a progress bar you can't fill!
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 63.2 ms ] threadMany times a plain PDF printed out on a stack of dead trees is still the best way to pitch. Unfortunately it's a PITA to build good-looking PDF decks in standard presentation tools... would be awesome to just edit some HTML and generate the PDF from that.
This was a side project and we really just focusing on the web side of things -- this is great to host on your own URL and send to investors/interested parties/share with people/add to your angel.co profile, etc.
We never really considered the print aspect but could be something to add in the future if people like the product enough.
"necessity is the mother of invention " -Plato.
Why use this as appose to traditional powerpoint?
Its 2013...there is no need to be using powerpoint especially when you can put this deck on its own URL and share it much faster than an attachment.
I guess $10 is less valuable than your time of 1hr writing the equivalent but I'm also sure you'd have to invest time to customize the deck anyhow to make it original and there is tons of open source HTML slide deck alternatives already to start from, like Bespoke http://markdalgleish.com/projects/bespoke.js/
http://imgur.com/hMxRewr
Any investor will also want to understand the overall market, trends, pain points, customer case studies if any, competitors, product roadmap, etc. Don't want to do this type of work on your pitch and don't have the kind of explosive growth the companies above had? Good luck.
It's really important to have a pitch deck that attracts the attention of your audience and concisely delivers all your points. I'm glad that more founders are focusing on this. However, the pitch deck should not be your main concern in regards to your pitch. Don't forget that 50% of the pitch is the presentation itself. You need to build rapport & engage the audience. The best pitches are the ones where the audience feels like they are a part of a genuinely interesting conversation...without needing to speak a word! I know that alot of founders are not great public speakers, but with the right amount of practice anyone can deliver the perfect pitch.
But when you're on the last slide, the bar isn't fully colored. I know it's a tiny thing, but it's strangely annoying seeing a progress bar you can't fill!
Nice work though.
[0] http://i.imgur.com/dHLNlCb.png