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| Today, we are going to look at this seed deck from Calico used to raise $2.1M. | | | I personally don’t like this problem slide. I’ve seen a few like these where they are purposely dense, confusing, difficult slides to show how the product helps to create clarity and simplicity. There are a few reasons I hesitate to use these: | If the next slide isn’t 100% clear then it becomes a reflection on your product. Whether fair or not, you took a strategy of showing the confusing before and the simple after. If your after isn’t simple, then investors won’t believe your product is either. It can be distracting for VCs. Many will be focused on trying to read through and understand all of this and it will distract from your pitch (if in person) and/or your story (when emailing the deck).
| | I love these types of slides. The days of saying “Uber for X” are over, but you can still communicate with the same level of clarity using a slide like this. It’s clear that what Shopify does for platforms, and Stripe does for payments, Calico will do for products. | | This is where this deck fails, in my opinion. While this may read well to someone with industry expertise, it would be hard for generalist VCs to understand all of this, and therefore, it doesn’t make the product seem simple, which is its main USP. | | | Join CX leaders from Clay, Anthropic, and more at Pioneer | | AI is fundamentally transforming CX, making perfect experiences possible. But there's no playbook for delivering them. | Join Pioneer on October 7th to explore how CX leaders are redefining what's possible with AI. | You’ll learn how some of the most innovative leaders from Clay, Anthropic, Gamma, and more are transforming their organizations and reinventing their operations. | Plus, you’ll hear from Fin product leaders on their vision for Fin and be the first to see what’s new. | Reserve your spot |
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| | Same mistake. To me this slide itself is cluttered. It doesn’t matters that it’s done purposely to show the split. When I look at this, I see clutter while reading the words “Clarity not clutter”; it destroys my faith in this product. | | | | What Replaces Roundup? | | The next agricultural transition may not be bigger tractors. It may be autonomous robots replacing herbicides entirely. Greenfield Robotics is building commercial systems designed for that future. | Explore Early Access | Greenfield Robotics is Testing The Waters under tier 2 of Regulation A. No money or other consideration is being solicited, and if sent in response will not be accepted. No offer to buy the securities can be accepted and no part of the purchase price can be received until the offering statement filed by the company with the SEC has been qualified by the SEC. Any such offer may be withdrawn or revoked, without obligation or commitment of any kind, at any time before notice of acceptance given after the date of qualification. An indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind. “Reserving” shares is simply an indication of interest. There is no binding commitment for investors that reserve shares in this manner to ultimately invest and purchase the shares reserved of the company, or to purchase any shares of the company whatsoever. | | | Would you invest based on this deck? | | | Are you looking to grow your business? Here is how I can help:\ | |
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