Your pitch deck isn't landing, and you're convinced the problem is the slides. A better template, a slicker designer, tighter animations. Meredith Clause has torn down hundreds of decks, and she says the problem almost never lives there. In this episode, Todd talks with Meredith about why the deck is the strategic work, not the chore you finish before it. They get into the problem slide that says "healthcare is broken" when it should name one specific, under-the-radar pain. Why founders cast themselves as Luke Skywalker when the investor wants to be the hero, and you're Obi-Wan. And why going narrow feels like loss but is actually where traction lives. Her approach has helped founders raise more than $250 million. It's hard to read the label from inside the bottle. Sometimes the fix isn't your product. It's the way you're telling it.
Your pitch deck isn't landing, and you're convinced the problem is the slides. A better template, a slicker designer, tighter animations. Meredith Clause has torn down hundreds of decks, and she says the problem almost never lives there.
In this episode, Todd talks with Meredith about why the deck is the strategic work, not the chore you finish before it. They get into the problem slide that says "healthcare is broken" when it should name one specific, under-the-radar pain. Why founders cast themselves as Luke Skywalker when the investor wants to be the hero, and you're Obi-Wan. And why going narrow feels like loss but is actually where traction lives. Her approach has helped founders raise more than $250 million.
It's hard to read the label from inside the bottle. Sometimes the fix isn't your product. It's the way you're telling it.