Pitch Deck Theater

Rick Gregg June 19,2025 What do you think?

I’ve seen a lot of pitch decks and pitch competitions. As an investor myself, I am routinely unimpressed by all of them. Why? Spending your precious time on a pitch deck and continually participating in pitch competitions to raise non-dilutive funding is a symptom of avoiding the harder, but more important work of actually building something people want. Pitch decks all look alike – we’ve been erroneously taught they need to have a certain format, that they can’t be more than a few pages, that the order of the slides matter; and that they look a certain way with the right colors and fonts. We are told that if we do them just right, we’ll get funding creating a false sense of progress. There exists a cottage industry of paid pitch deck consultants that have the “secret pitch deck formula” to get you funded. Most every funder asks for and receives a pitch deck that looks like all the others and never gets read. They are being polite and have no interest in your startup. In the mean time, you’ll spend more time tweaking your deck because you are desperate. You’re afraid of being rejected if you don’t have one. You’ve been tricked into believing that without one you will never get funding.

No Pitch Deck Needed

Pitch decks and pitch competitions are an uneffective tool of the past and a waste of your time. At The saaskamp Community Startup we simply do not care about pitch decks or pitch competitions. We focus our time and energy on developing your idea into a product or service in a collaborative environment that solves an urgent and important need for your customer that generates real revenue for your startup. You will find your founding team by participating in The saaskamp Community Startup that shares your dreams and aspirations and wants to be part of a team to build out your product or service idea.

We’ll give you a $100,000 Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) on day one with a discount and NO valuation cap. You and your team’s progress will be transparently measured against The saaskamp Community Startup curriculum in a standardized pre-approved manner that is acceptable to all investors in our private wealth investment network. As a result, the relationship between the entrepreneur and funder is well known in advance preventing the “moving of the goalposts” by either the entrepreneur or investor. This approach provides an unambiguous funding path for the entrepreneur that results in a funded startup on a timeline controlled by the entrepreneur and supported by the investor. You will no longer have to spend 12 to 18 months or more diluting your efforts by chasing money. This allows you to focus your precious time on what’s really important – building your startup and not pitching for dollars. Say goodbye to the tired worn out past of pitch decks and pitch competitions. Get funding on your timeline. Won’t you join us today?