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How to Build a Professional Pitch Deck Without Hiring a Designer
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How to Build a Professional Pitch Deck Without Hiring a Designer

The calculus used to be simple: if you wanted a professional pitch deck, you hired a designer. No way around it. This made sense when PowerPoint required someone who understood kerning and color theory. A beautiful pitch deck was a luxury good that only well-funded startups co...

Conrad Anderson
8 min readJanuary 20, 2026
PowerPoint vs. Better Alternatives for Pitch Decks
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PowerPoint vs. Better Alternatives for Pitch Decks

PowerPoint has been the default presentation tool for 30 years. If you're building a pitch deck, PowerPoint alternative options probably haven't crossed your mind—it's what you know, what your company has licenses for, and what most people expect you to be using. But here's th...

Conrad Anderson
7 min readJanuary 16, 2026
How to Make an Investor Pitch Deck That Gets Funded
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How to Make an Investor Pitch Deck That Gets Funded

Building a startup requires capital, and raising capital requires a compelling investor pitch deck. Learning how to make an investor pitch deck is different from selling to customers—you're pitching to people who invest for returns and understand startups intimately. They're b...

Megan Clark
11 min readJanuary 14, 2026
Healthtech Startup Pitch Deck: Structure, Slides & What Healthcare Investors Expect
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Healthtech Startup Pitch Deck: Structure, Slides & What Healthcare Investors Expect

The healthcare technology landscape is unlike any other industry. While other startups might pitch a clever consumer app or a B2B software solution, healthtech founders face a unique gauntlet of regulatory hurdles, clinical validation requirements, and an investor base that de...

Megan Clark
9 min readJanuary 12, 2026
What Makes a Good Pitch Deck? 10 Hallmarks of Success
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What Makes a Good Pitch Deck? 10 Hallmarks of Success

A good pitch deck has specific characteristics that distinguish it from a mediocre one. Learning what makes a good pitch deck means understanding the hallmarks of success and building to these standards. Whether you're pitching investors, clients, or executives, these ten qual...

Jack Chou
8 min readJanuary 12, 2026
How Busy Founders Can Create a Pitch Deck Faster
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How Busy Founders Can Create a Pitch Deck Faster

Founders are chronically time-starved. Your day is split between product meetings, customer calls, investor conversations, board oversight, and operational firefighting. Adding "create a pitch deck" to that list feels like asking someone drowning to pick up a bucket. Yet pitch...

Jack Chou
7 min readJanuary 7, 2026
How to Create a Pitch Deck Without Design Skills
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How to Create a Pitch Deck Without Design Skills

The barrier to creating a professional pitch deck used to be clear: you either had design skills or you paid someone who did. This created a frustrating situation for founders. You understood your business intimately and could probably create a rough presentation that clearly ...

Daniel Brown
7 min readJanuary 4, 2026
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