Hi all,<p>We’ve needed this for ourselves since we saw these pitch decks pop up on LinkedIn every few weeks. We wanted a library with all these pitches curated, but what we found was either: not going deep enough or a 404 return of a now-defunct website.<p>Personally, that's what I find the most interesting: the early days. Not how big companies look like today and what decisions they take now — but rather what decisions got them there from the early days. Because when we start, we're in that position.<p>I hope it will inspire you but, more importantly, I hope you’ll do something with it.
This is very cool.<p>That said, the fact that Theranos is in here without any commentary puts me off a bit. That's not a pitch deck, it's a fraud deck.<p>This is like putting Al Capone in a list of "inspiring stories about hardball entrepreneurs".
Useful, but a shame none come with any extra context. Just the “from 300k to 9billion” blurb.<p>Have a look at Buffer. Already had around 5 investors before going for a big round. Not dissing this at all. This is totally normal, but the less experienced might think one nice pitch deck will get you from 0 to Billions in one round.
Great resource! Thanks for compiling this.
From the <i>other</i> side of the table, Scott Kupor (a16z) has written a new book[1] "Secrets of Sand Hill Road". I look around and find mostly positive reviews for this. Yet to pick it up.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Sand-Hill-Road-Capital-ebook/dp/B07KLJQ13R/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1560841825&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Sand-Hill-Road-Capital-ebook/...</a>
The headlines all seem totally wrong.<p><pre><code> Uber: $1.25M VC capital turned into $84.2B
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That sounds like the guys who invested $1.25M now own $84B worth of Uber stock. I don't think that is even remotely true. I would think there came many more investors who put in more money. And that's how the vast majority of the $84B market cap was created.
This is certainly a helpful resource but quite conflicted on whether Theranos' deck should be in here (along with the disclaimer) even if it's just for historical purposes.