Too Long; Didn't Read
<span>V</span>enture Capitalists are very busy and looking for a very specific set of criteria, so they need to quickly understand what your company’s about and what you are offering when going up to raise a round or positioning your company for an acquisition. As David Ehrenberg of <a href="http://bit.ly/earlygrowthfinservices" target="_blank">Early Growth Financial Services</a> says, a pitch deck is “not the time to get creative.” Your pitch deck needs to provide them with the information they’re looking for in a concise and clearly structured way. Of course it’s essential to have background and supporting information for when you’re asked (and you will be), but lead with a presentation that’s clean and crisp and save the rest for the appendix and follow up discussion.