Get Your Pitch Deck Ready In Less Than 30 Days With The Right Investors Responding
Your pitch deck isn't getting investor meetings. You know your story isn't landing. Now you don't know what to do. I learned that lesson the hard way when Gary looked at me and said, "You didn't have me at hello." I knew we'd lost the deal. We eventually heard 63 no's before raising our initial $12 million in funding. That experience changed how I think about fundraising forever.
If you're raising money right now, you already know the feeling. Simply put, you don't understand what investors want from your pitch deck or what they want from you as a CEO. Today, I'll show you how to fix both.
$199 per month. No Contracts. No Long Term Commitment Required. Cancel Any Time.
I'm going to work with a group of early stage CEOs and help them be ready to raise funding as fast as possible.
We'll do it with the perfect mix of group coaching, proven frameworks, office hours, and personal guidance from me.
Phase 1: A pitch deck ready to send to investors in less than thirty days with the right investors responding
Phase 2: A Pitch That Gets You Term Sheets
Phase 3: Growing Your Business To $1 Million And Beyond
I Speak VC
There's only so far you can go with YouTube videos, ChatGPT, or a done for you service that builds your pitch deck but doesn't teach you anything. If you want to translate what makes your company tick into something investors instantly understand, you need to speak their language.
ChatGPT can’t tell you if you’re not speaking the language investors speak.
YouTube can’t tell you if you’re targeting the wrong investors.
A Done For You service can’t tell you if you’re burning valuable investor introductions because your pitch is off.
You need to understand how to make an emotional connection with investors in seven seconds or less. You need to understand how to create the right amount of detail in the right order, so you inform investors without losing them. In short, you need to learn to speak VC.
That's where I come in.
I speak VC.
I actually enjoy presenting to investors. I enjoy the rush of nerves you experience right before you start your pitch. I enjoy seeing my ideas connecting with investors. And I enjoy answering their questions real time and watching investors nod their heads in approval.
I Have A Very Particular Set Of Skills
I'm good at it too. I've raised over $100 million in funding. And I've helped CEOs like you raise funding rounds between $50,000 and $150 million.
I've been an Entrepreneur in Residence at Crosslink Capital; a San Francisco based Venture Capital fund.
At Crosslink I learned how VCs make decisions. I learned how the odds of raising money are at least 100:1 against you. I learned how VCs expect you to present information to them. I learned how to answer questions how they want them answered. I learned how to speak their unique language.
I've been in your shoes too.
I know the challenges of starting a company from scratch. Building a team with no money. Getting people to buy into your vision.
I know what it's like to hear investors pass again and again. And then, somehow, stay positive with your team to give them hope.
Then, once you close your funding, I know how to build a company from nothing to greater than $1 Million ARR. I know how to manage investors and keep them supportive even when there's bad news.
My Greatest And Most Unique Skill Of All
Above all else, my greatest skill of all, my superpower, is the ability to take complexity and make it simple. It's this skill, combined with my understanding of venture capital, private equity, and being a startup CEO, that allows me to help you communicate your ideas simply and easily to investors. In their language. So they get it.
Dan's Story
Dan had never created a pitch deck for venture capital. He put one together and showed it to his advisors. They told him it sucked.
He went back, reworked it, came back. They said, "Well, it sucks a little bit less." Dan was pretty frustrated. "So I started to look around about how I can fix this and what resources are available to me."
He found my free startup pitch deck template, put his own text in, and he shared it with the same advisors.
"And they said, 'now you're on the right track.' That's where the paradigm shifted, hit me. I was like, OK, I don't know the language that VC speak. So I was speaking my language, the language you love, and I love, like we build products and we create things. But we need to speak the language of the VC. Brett knows that language. He dials that in really quickly."
"So I signed up. Within two weeks. Had a ton of hands-on with Brett in his classrooms. Very accessible. We got the pitch deck dialed in."
"And just for fun, I sent it off to a pitch competition with Gust and HubSpot. And within two weeks (of signing up for ZTPG), I went from a pitch deck that sucked. And I was chosen as one of the five finalists out of all the hundreds of submissions."
"So just to give you a sense of what could happen to me could also happen to you. So I wish you the best of luck, but don't worry about pulling the trigger with Brett. He's great."
Here's How Zero To Pitch, Gold Can Help You
The outcome is simple. To get you ready to raise funding now, with the right pitch deck, the right pitch, and the right investors identified, so you can close your round and run your startup.
Phase 1: A Pitch Deck That Gets Investor Meetings
The clock is already running. Every day your deck sits unsent is another day of your runway that’s gone. We’ll fix that immediately.
We’ll start with the first four slides, the ones that make investors emotionally in or emotionally out. Then we’ll build the backend of your pitch deck that backs up the claims of your first four slides in the logical progression that investors expect.
CEOs like you who follow the process can get their pitch deck out the door fast, in 30 days or less, and start getting responses from the right investors. That's exactly what we're going to do together.
By the end of Phase 1, your deck is ready to send and the right investors are already responding.
Phase 2: A Pitch That Gets You Term Sheets
A pitch deck that gets meetings is just the beginning.
Now we’ll work on a pitch that makes investors choose you. We’ll start with the emotional connection you need to establish in the first seven seconds. Because investors decide emotionally before they decide logically.
Then we’ll take you beyond the deck entirely. Because investors are making a bet on you, the CEO. And by the end of Phase 2, investors are choosing you, wanting to work with you for the next 7 to 10 years.
Before working with me, Lazaro had presented to 20 investors. None of them invested. After working on his pitch with me in just one session, he presented again.
"I presented my pitch to investors early this week. 48 hours later, I got a phone call. They were interested in investing the remaining funds I needed. I was able to raise $2 million in 48 hours."
Phase 3: Growing Your Business To $1 Million ARR And Beyond
Your funding round is closed. Your company is operational, and you're running your startup. Now the fun begins.
The first stop on your journey once you're running your startup is $1 million in ARR. It's what I call the Mendoza Line for startups. In baseball a player is not considered a true professional until his batting average is over .200. For your startup, it's getting to $1 million in ARR.
It seems like such an easy challenge, but most startups, 99% to be exact, never get there. I've helped multiple startup CEOs grow to greater than $1 Million ARR, greater than $10 million ARR, and even greater than $100 million ARR. And, I'll help you too on your journey.
Here's What A Week Inside Zero To Pitch, Gold Actually Looks Like
Everything about Zero to Pitch, Gold is designed to work seamlessly together so you can progress fast.
- It starts in the classroom. You go through the lesson on a specific slide, apply what you learn, and build that section of your pitch deck. That's your foundation.
- Then you bring your slides to office hours. I give you direct feedback on what you've built. You see exactly what's working and what isn't, in real time, from someone who has been on both sides of the table.
- Finally, you ask for feedback in the community section. You post your results, get additional feedback between sessions, and the cycle starts again.
You go from the classroom to office hours to the community. Then repeat. It's a process of never ending positive feedback designed to accelerate your progress.
If you follow this process, you can have your pitch deck ready to send to investors in less than 30 days.
Plus You Get These Bonuses
For ALL members:
- The Investor Fast Track. You get access to the classroom materials and community immediately when you join, so you can make instant progress.
- 15 Minute Onboarding Call with me. I'll review where your pitch is at and give you a plan of attack so you can make progress fast.
For ANNUAL members only:
- 1:1 call with Brett — (worth $2,000). Use it any time you want. Before a big investor meeting. When you get your first term sheet. Whenever the moment calls for it.
Annual members only: 2 months free. You save $398.
$199 Per Month. The price never increases. No contracts. No long term commitment required. Cancel any time.
There's a 14 day money back guarantee. If it's not the right fit, let me know and I'll refund you, no questions asked..After that, you're not locked into anything. No long-term contract. Stay as long as the program works for you.
You Never Get The Time Back
You can keep going the way you're doing things. And things will keep going the way they're going now. The problem is you never get the time back. Every day you delay joining Zero to Pitch, Gold is another day you're closer to running out of money.
The cost of delaying compounds. Your team starts losing hope and they leave. Now you start panicking. You start making rushed decisions. Investors can smell the fear.
We'd been raising money for close to two years when we found our second investor, "Donald Ventures." Gill, our lead investor, called me. He said, "'Raul' just called me. Is this real? I don't want to be laughed at." It was a very transparent view of what really drives investors.
And this impacts you too. The longer you're out there raising money, the more your deal feels shopped to investors. It's like you're back in school at recess. Sides are being picked and you're the last kid to be picked. That's your startup. You don't want to be the last kid picked.
Delaying makes fundraising harder. It affects your deal terms. And it can affect your ability to get a deal at all.
That's Why You Want To Make Your Move Now
It's a focused group.
So if you...
- Are an early stage CEO who is serious about raising money.
- Have a company that’s beyond the idea stage.
- Are a clear thinker.
- Are willing to take feedback.
- Are willing to do the work in the classroom and between sessions.
If that's you and you'd like to join us,
Step 1: Click the button and join Zero to Pitch, Gold.
Step 2: You'll get immediate access to your classroom materials and The Investor Fast Track.
Step 3: Sign up for your 1:1 onboarding call with me and let's get you moving.
Let's get you funded.
Brett
P.S. The price for new members goes to $299 when there are 50 members. There are a few spots left at $199. Join now and the price never increases. If you've been thinking about it, now is the time.
P.P.S. Commit to a full year and you get 2 months free, plus a private 1:1 call with me worth $2,000. Use it any time you want. Before a big investor meeting. When you get your first term sheet. Whenever the moment calls for it.