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My First Million

The best business ideas come from noticing what's working and doing it better, faster, or for a different audience.

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The Investor Pitch Narrative Arc

Reusability

A 16-slide sequence that builds investor confidence by answering their core questions in logical order: Are you credible? Is the problem big? Does your solution make sense? How big can this get? Is it working? How are you different?

How It Works

Each slide builds on the previous one to create mounting evidence and excitement. Early slides establish credibility and problem scope, middle slides show solution and market size, later slides prove traction and differentiation.

Components

1

Title slide with compelling one-liner

2

Credibility slide (if you have accomplishments)

3

Problem slide with big numbers and personal story

4

Current inadequate solutions

5

Your solution with beautiful product imagery

6

Big vision anchored to successful companies

7

Traction with hero chart

8

Differentiation (others do X, we do Y)

9

Trend alignment

10

Why now timing

11

Why you team slide

12

Unit economics

13

Milestones and use of funds

14

Pot sweetener good news

15

Call to action

When to Use

When raising any round of funding from angel to Series A. Most effective for B2B SaaS, consumer apps, and healthcare/wellness companies with clear unit economics.

When Not to Use

Don't use for deep tech or research-heavy companies that need technical explanation first. Skip if you have no traction or credibility to show.

Anti-Patterns to Avoid

Leading with solution before establishing problemTalking about features instead of differentiatorsPutting all good news upfront instead of saving some for the endFocusing on how product works instead of why it mattersSkipping unit economics and business model

Example

Insomnia app founders use this to position as 'Calm/Headspace for insomnia' in $200B market, leading with bestselling author credibility, showing 75M Americans affected, proving telemedicine regulatory changes create timing, demonstrating $100/session economics with 3-month payback.