Founders

Welcome to the first Founder's channel Office Hours!

What's on your mind?

I'll kick things off (from an angel investor perspective).

I'm always surprised by 2 things:

1. Founders fundraising who don't use this format for their deck

https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/sequoia-capital-pitchdecktemplate

2. Pre-Series B founders that don't send regular investor updates.

Re investor updates: Any thoughts on best practices for these (ie, format, what to include, leave out, etc)? I have a good idea, but curious what others think.

Also, what to say to a founder who doesn't want to put the update in the body of an email because they're afraid it's too easy for someone to forward around?

https://warpcast.com/dwr.eth/0x9e19505d

You can send 2 versions of the same update:
- Your largest investor with more sensitive details
- A broader investor update with the details removed

That said, I think secrecy is overrated vs. consistent execution.

product marketing lead @espressosys // prev marketing work for @gauntlet @coinbase @darkblock // 10+ yrs in biz journalism // dad x2 👨‍👦‍👦

Worked with a founder who insisted on sending investor updates as PDFs via tg ... couldn't convince him that he was being too paranoid about it being forwarded and that UX of multi-page pdf in tg was annoying