Sure you’ve got a pitch deck. And of course it includes the top ten slides Guy Kawasaki recommends in the Art of the Pitch. But does your pitch deck tell a compelling story? One that may convince investors to fund you?
In last week’s InnoGrove Founder’s Series workshop, Monique Brown, co-founder of the Growth Factory, revealed the important and underlying messages of a standard startup funding pitch deck. She examined the typical elements through the specific lens of how each slide contributes to your startup’s story and overall case for funding. If you’re ready to raise investment capital, you’ll want to watch this recorded session!
Monique’s presentation covers:
- Why storytelling makes a difference
- Where storytelling shows up in your pitch deck
- How to appeal to investors’ emotions and reasoning abilities
About Monique Brown
Monique is co-founder and Managing Director at the Growth Factory, a nonprofit pre-seed accelerator on a mission to find, fund and unleash the potential 100 world class startups from the Greater Sacramento region over the next 4-5 years. She is responsible for overseeing operations, deal flow sourcing and screening, program design and execution, partner and mentor engagement, and ecosystem collaborations. Monique believes passionately in the promise of the next generation of entrepreneurs and has happily served as a mentor for programs like the Plasma and Big Bang Competition at UC Davis and the Sierra College Mentor Network. She has been an integral part of ecosystem initiatives like Sacramento Kings Capitalize pitch competition, 1MC, the iHub network and more.
In addition, Monique also serves as Board Chair for Social Venture Partners of Sacramento focused on galvanizing business leaders to contribute time, talent, and treasure in partnership with our brilliant and fearless nonprofit leaders to drive greater social impact into our community.
Outside of work, Monique is proud mom to 5 beautiful daughters (and 2 cats). She loves to hike, read and enjoy a great glass of wine with friends. She still can’t manage to keep even a houseplant alive and on top of her bucket list is to master an entire hip hop dance (it’s not going well).
