Write a Pitch Deck for Partnerships or Funding

1. Go to claude.ai and start a new chat. 2. Paste this prompt (fill in the brackets): "I'm building a pitch deck. Answer these, then output two lines only: (a) Primary reader: partner organization | funder (investor/grant/accelerator) | mixed audience — pick one: [your choice] (b) Company/product one-liner: [one sentence] (c) Geography/stage: [e.g. US / early revenue / pre-seed] (d) The single next step I want from this deck (one sentence): [e.g. schedule a pilot scoping call] Now return: • Line 1 — DECK THESIS: ≤12 words naming WHO benefits and WHAT changes for them (no buzzwords). • Line 2 — PRIMARY ASK: one sentence I will repeat on the last slide." 3. If the thesis tries to cover product + vision + team in one line, ask Claude: "Strip adjectives and jargon until the thesis names who it's for and what outcome they get." 4. Do not add a second ask (no "also maybe…"). Iterate until you accept both lines.

1. In the same chat, paste: "I already have a deck thesis and primary ask. Generate a numbered list of slide TITLES ONLY (10–12 slides max). Use this order unless you have a compelling reason to swap two adjacent slides: 1. Title 2. Problem 3. Why now 4. Solution 5. How it works (product/demo) 6. Traction or validation 7. Market or opportunity (stay modest) 8. Business model OR partnership shape (pick what fits my reader) 9. Competition / differentiation 10. Team 11. The ask 12. Appendix / contact (optional — merge into 11 if we need to stay at 10 slides) Rules: one headline slot per slide title — no sub-bullets in this list. If I'd exceed 12 slides, merge Appendix into Contact or drop Appendix." 2. Count the titles. If there are more than 12, ask Claude to merge until ≤12. 3. Confirm "The ask" is the last substantive slide before appendix/contact.

1. In the same chat, paste your slide spine from step 2. 2. List any numbers, quotes, or facts you already have (revenue, users, logos, pilots). Say explicitly: "Do not invent statistics — use [NEED: metric] for gaps." 3. For slides 2–7 in your spine (adjust numbers to match — typically Problem through How it works), ask Claude for EACH slide: "For slide [N] — [title]: • Headline: ≤10 words • Bullets: 3 max — each must be a claim you could defend in a meeting • Optional visual: one line (diagram, screenshot, simple chart) Use [NEED: metric] / [NEED: quote] / [NEED: logo] instead of making up proof." 4. If any bullet is vague ("great UX", "seamless"), ask Claude to rewrite with an evidence type: metric, customer quote, or concrete workflow step.

1. Identify which slide numbers are Traction, Market/opportunity, and Competition in your spine. 2. Paste: "For my Traction, Market, and Competition slides, draft three credibility tiers each: • Tier A — no hard data yet (honest language, momentum story without fake numbers) • Tier B — some data (usage, revenue range, LOIs, pilots) • Tier C — strong data (repeatable metrics, named customers) I'll tell you which tier to use per slide. For Market: if I'm early-stage, use bottom-up logic (reachable customers × realistic conversion, assumptions stated). Do not use a giant irrelevant SAM or '$50B market' unless I'm truly going after that." 3. Choose Tier A/B/C per slide based on what you actually have. 4. For Market, reject any slide that only cites total addressable market from an industry report — ask Claude to rewrite bottom-up.

1. Team slide: Ask Claude for bullets — each person: name, role, one proof point (years in domain, past employer, shipped product, relevant credential). No paragraph bios. 2. Roadmap slide: "Give me 3 milestones for the next 90–180 days. Each milestone is an outcome (not 'hire engineers') — e.g. '10 paying pilots', 'integration live with X'." 3. Ask slide — pick ONE path: If PRIMARY READER is a PARTNER, paste: "Draft the Ask slide: pilot scope, what you need from them (API access, co-marketing, intro path), success criteria, suggested timeline, what happens in the first 2 weeks." If PRIMARY READER is a FUNDER, paste: "Draft the Ask slide: amount or grant range (or 'raising up to $X'), runway months implied, use of funds in 3–4 buckets (e.g. product, GTM, hiring), what milestone unlocks next round." 4. End with one sentence: what happens next week (calendar hold, data room, trial kickoff).

1. Open Google Slides (slides.google.com) or Gamma (gamma.app) — pick one tool and stay in it for this deck. 2. Create a new deck from a simple template (or Gamma's pitch layout). Paste each headline and bullet from Claude slide-by-slide. 3. For every [NEED: …] placeholder, add a comment or sticky on that slide so you don't forget to fill it before sending. 4. Back in Claude, paste: "Turn my bullets for these 5 slides into speaker notes: opening/title, problem, solution, traction, ask. Each script under 90 words, conversational, no new claims not on the slide." 5. Copy speaker notes into the deck's notes field for those slides. 6. Start a 5-minute timer and present out loud. Any slide you skip or rush — merge it into another or cut it.