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What You Can Really Expect When Pitching Your Seed-Stage Startup at a VC Partner Meeting

Liz Wessel, First Round Review · First Round Review Free Advanced

A behind-the-curtain playbook for the partner meeting, from a First Round partner and former founder. It explains the internal dynamics most founders never see, so you can arm your champion.

  • You're giving your champion the ammunition to sell you after you leave the room
  • Anticipate the hard questions and pre-empt the objections that will come up internally
  • Treat the meeting as a conversation, not a slide recital
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It answers 3 questions

  1. How do I tell a compelling story instead of just listing features?
  2. What actually happens inside a VC partner meeting when I pitch?
  3. What are the most common mistakes that kill a pitch deck?

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