Hey guys,

Question for fellow founders who have, or are currently, pitching companies. Is anyone still using regular old PowerPoint for their pitch decks, or are you using more advanced tools like one of the many pitch deck services/tools out there like slidecast, visme, etc.?

I had a pitch last week and while they liked the pitch, I heard someone’s side comment about my PowerPoint skills and now I’m self-conscious LOL.

  • researchmindopcBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Powerpoint is fine - as a market researcher and startup/pitch consultant 99% of decks I’ve made were on PPT. My guess is that the comment you got was because the person was expecting a few animations in the slides.

  • FitCamelBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    We built a tool that will provide you free slide by slide feedback on your pitch deck to help you tell a better story :) https://fornax.ai

  • reward72BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’d say the only thing that matter tech-wise is that you want your potential investors to be able to look at your deck without going through hoops like creating an account, instalingl some viewer or some shit. PowerPoint might be old, but everybody can open one easily. Personally I share PDFs made in something else.

  • duygudulgerBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    As a professional pitch deck creator, doesn’t matter your format.

    Just make it well and find a way to measure so you cam improve it. That’s all.

  • SuccotashCompleteBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t have a personal Microsoft subscription so I use google slides haha.

    If you need a fancy setup to get a complex idea across then use what you need. Otherwise why not use the industry standard?