How to Pitch to an Investor

YC, Michael Seibel, YCombinator (2017)

August 2013 When people hurt themselves lifting heavy things, it's usually because they try to lift with their back. The right way to lift heavy... (2017)

We're currently getting ready for demo day at YC, which means quite a lot of pitch practice. Here are the main points of feedback we tend to give t... (2018)

YCombinator. Paul Graham's essays. How to Present to Investors (2017)

Medium, Mark Suster: 2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to salesforce.com). Turned VC looking to invest in passionate entrepreneurs — I’m o... (2009)

AVC, Fred Wilson "The CEO of one of our portfolio companies is working on a fundraising deck and asked me for some tips. I gave him my favorite, "k... (2017)

How to pitch startups to investors by Venture Hacks "Investors don’t invest in businesses. They invest in stories about businesses. If you want ... (2017)

“IF A PITCH DOESN’T MAKE YOU FEEL GREEDY, SOMETHING IS WRONG.” Ayush Agarwal has a long history of nurturing startups — from evaluating new comp... (2017)

Thinking startup? David S. Rose's rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself... (2017)

YC How to Start a Startup: "Lecture 19 - Sales and Marketing; How to Talk to Investors (Tyler Bosmeny; YC Partners)" 19:44: How to Talk to Inves... (2017)

From Founder CEO of Hatch Labs (2017)

TED ed: How do you get what you want, using just your words? Aristotle set out to answer exactly that question over two thousand years ago with a t... (2017)

Mark Suster, Both Sides of the Table, 2x entrepreneur. Sold both companies (last to salesforce.com). (2009)

Medium, Michael Wolfe 2017, Co-founder, Gladly. Advisor at Point Nine Capital. Five startups. Endurance athlete, SF dweller. Quora addict. Fanboy. (2014)

From a VC who has been in the industry for over 17 years and before worked with Steve Jobs directly for more than 10 years. “My company DocSend ... (2018)

Mathilde Collin raised $66 million in just five days for her email app Front. Here's how she did it -- and what top VC firm Sequoia Capital did to ... (2018)

Sequoia Capital guide: You can find our guide to pitching below (with a few refinements from years of use). (2017)

Here’s what most founders don’t understand about delivering a knockout Demo Day pitch—and how to use it to your advantage. (2018)

Stripe Atlas’ guide to pitching your early-stage startup to investors, customers, and employees. “We’ve worked with Y Combinator to update this ... (2018)

I was going through my email this morning and opening pitch decks, skimming them, and responding to indicate if they are a fit with our thesis and ... (2018)

One thing that separates great startup pitches from merely good ones isn’t always a better business model or a more compelling product. It’s the st... (2019)

I remember many the great TED talks I’ve watched. Sir Ken Robinson’s ,“How Schools Kill Creativity” and the story of a little girl whose genius wa... (2014)

A solid elevator pitch can be the difference between a successful startup launch or a lost opportunity. Even though it’s not the be-all-end-all, it... (2019)

Michael Seibel on pitching customers vs pitching investors. Michael is CEO and a Partner at YC. He was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Soci... (2019)