Cross-cut · By severity
Every 'weakens' callout in the library
Not fatal, but each one costs investor attention or credibility. Fix after dealbreakers.
2
No stage, no ask, no name
CoverThe cover is the one slide every investor sees. Anonymous covers waste it.
from · The tagline that says nothing
2
Email is not a pitch
CoverA support email address is not a substitute for a positioning line.
from · Logo soup instead of a positioning line
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No customer in the room
Problem'Stakeholders across the ecosystem' means no one. Investors want to picture one person suffering.
from · Three paragraphs about a 'broken industry'
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Nobody at seed cares about your vector DB
SolutionAt pre-seed/seed, technical architecture is table stakes. What matters is what the customer feels.
from · Explaining HOW before WHAT it does for the customer
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'Massive transformation' is not sizing
MarketAdjectives don't add up to a number.
from · '$1.2T TAM' with no path to it
5 weakens callouts across 5 teardowns.