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A playbook for fundraising

Marc McCabe (Lenny's Newsletter) · lennysnewsletter.com

The tactical narrative-and-materials playbook from an experienced angel, the best target spec to hand your AI before it drafts anything.

The question it answers

  1. Why draft your deck narrative, FAQ, and data-room answers with AI?

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  1. The canonical slide-by-slide structure your AI drafts should be filling, straight from the people who see the most seed decks... ycombinator.com Guide How to build your seed round pitch deck Y Combinator
  2. Built on actual reading-time data from thousands of decks, so you know which slides investors linger on before you draft them. docsend.com Article What VCs really want to see inside your seed deck DocSend
  3. Three evidence-backed edits worth more than fifty AI-generated slides, from the platform that watches investors read. docsend.com Article 3 pitch deck changes that make VCs pay closer attention DocSend
  4. A concrete workflow for using Claude or ChatGPT to generate your data-room index, summaries, and financial narrative, honest... starch.ai Guide How to Run an Investor Data Room with AI Starch
  5. A real fund's folder-by-folder checklist, the ground truth to have AI draft against so nothing is missing when diligence starts. underscore.vc Guide What Should Be in a Series A Data Room? (Checklist & Template) Underscore VC
  6. Stage-by-stage data room contents plus the credibility rule most founders break: show investors the same forecast you run the... visible.vc Guide Startup Data Room: What It Is, What to Include, and How to Build One Visible
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