Top Pitch Deck books recommended by experts

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Fundamentals of Pitch Deck

Understanding the concepts of Pitch Deck starts with understanding the fundamentals. On your way to mastery, it's crucial for you to understand how certain concepts were derived, and why things work like they do. Starting with these resources is the best way to do so.

The Art of the Pitch: Persuasion and Presentation Skills that Win Business

Through an engaging and humorous narrative, Peter Coughter presents the tools he designed to help advertising and marketing professionals develop persuasive presentations that deliver business. Readers will learn how to develop skills to create the perfect presentation.

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Pitch Anything

When it comes to delivering a pitch, Oren Klaff has unparalleled credentials. Over the past 13 years, he has used his one of a kind method to raise more than $400 million and now, for the first time, he describes his formula to help you deliver a winning pitch in any business situation.

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The Art of Startup Fundraising: Pitching Investors, Negotiating the Deal, and Everything Else Entrepreneurs Need to Know

The finance world is in a massive state of flux. Changes are occurring at an increasing pace in all sectors, but few more intensely than the startup sphere. When the paradigm changes, your processes must change with it. This book shows you how startup funding works, with expert coaching toward the new rules on the field.

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To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, one in nine Americans works in sales. Every day more than fifteen million people earn their keep by persuading someone else to make a purchase.
But dig deeper and a startling truth emerges:
Yes, one in nine Americans works in sales. But so do the other eight.
Whether we’re employees pitching colleagues on a new idea, entrepreneurs enti…

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Slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations

No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you've delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taug…

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How Good Is My Pitch Deck? Ignite Your Startup's Story and Attract Investor Capital

Crafting a compelling pitch deck that stands out from tens of thousands of other startups often requires endless revisions, late nights, and too much coffee to get it right.
Keane Angle has mastered the art and science of pitch decks.
Since 2020, Keane and his team at STORY Pitch Decks have helped raise over $250 million in early-stage funding at a rate 40 times higher than the industry …

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Scientist, entrepreneur, writer, and technologist. I am currently a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Planet Labs PBC, where I am part of the Applied Machine Learning team. I also have a PhD in computational astrophysics, and a BSc in applied physics & applied mathematics. After my PhD, I cofounded an …

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Hi, I’m Jenny, and I specialize in helping founders with bold, world-shaping ambitions turn their vision into reality. Most recently, I worked with a Korean founder who had a 10-year plan to empower 5,000 startups through a global EdTech accelerator. Together, we built it from scratch—developing the processes, launching operations, …

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Hi, I’m Lisa. I’m a long-time startup funding strategist, and the former coaching lead at Women Founders Network, where alumnae have raised over $100 million since 2013. My specialty is working with early-stage startups going through the fundraising process raise the money they need and grow so they can realize …

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