🛩 How designing your own pitch deck can hurt your chances of getting funded
Confusing, distracting, or unintentionally hiding information from investors can cost you big opportunities.
How to Filter Your Pitch Deck Feedback
Just when you think you’re done with your pitch deck, more “helpful” feedback lands on your desk. Your to-do list gets a little longer. You may even start to feel defeated.
Feedback on your pitch deck from investors isn’t as valuable as you might think
Michael Bungay Stainier, a favorite author of mine, says that each of us has an advice monster inside of us. And it has convinced us that the only way to add value is to have all the answers.
Nothing is bad for the environment
Do you ever hear someone say “[insert climate threat] is bad for the environment,” like the environment is this “other” thing outside of ourselves? Fossil fuels, fertilizers, and landfills aren’t “bad for the environment.” They’re bad for our health. They’re bad for our kids. They’re bad for us.