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drew_m

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    Comment #23322385

    Addressing the issue of fake pitch decks: I gathered the decks from a variety of sources on the web and trusted they were originals. Although interpretations of company pitch decks…

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    Comment #23322277

    Thanks for bringing this up. I've taken the FB deck down. It was a mistake for me not to properly vet each of them before uploading them and it does look pretty dubious.

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    Comment #23306853

    Thanks for the admiration for the work I put into it. It didn't take too much time and it was a fun project to work on :) I'll try to remedy the fabricated decks

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    Comment #23306801

    Kegstand? If so, fair play for them having that in one of their early pitch decks and still becoming one of our tech overloads. I felt if we put a foot out of line in our pitch dec…

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    Comment #23306742

    Sorry man... I'm sure you have good reasons to question the validity of some of them and I don't doubt your sincerity. It was my understanding that they are all legitimate. I don't…

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    Comment #23306638

    Not that I have first-hand experience at successfully pitching for huge money, but I completely agree. A lot of successful companies have average pitch decks but have great content…

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    Comment #23306491

    That's really interesting, and a great way of analyzing pitches. I've noticed most seem to follow the order you have listed too. It's pretty similar to the template Sequoia shared.…

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    Comment #23306309

    Yeah absolutely, I'd like that too. I think year, amount raised, stage, sector and team size would be a good start

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    Comment #23306230

    Good idea, I can add the sources/references in. They were scattered around a lot of different websites

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    Comment #23306194

    No kidding, I wasn't expecting this to potentially be a paid product. Just thought it would be cool resource to share with the community. Good to know this is something people want…

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    Comment #23306186

    The thought didn't cross my mind when I was building it but come to think of it, it's actually something I'd like too. It would be nice to be able download them for traveling. I ca…

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    Comment #23306084

    Yeah absolutely, I was thinking a filter by the funding round, year, team size and industry would be good. Any others? It has been a fun side project and I wasn't sure if people wo…

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    Comment #23306060

    Understandable, it isn't available now but I could add the option to bulk download all files if people would be interested. Or I could email you the pdfs or share them on a Drive i…

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    Comment #23306029

    Glad you like it, thanks a million.

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    Comment #23305830

    I used fuse.js - it's a fuzzy search javascript library which works pretty well.

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    Comment #23305826

    Thanks a million for your very kind words. I'm delighted you like it and it's a great encouragement to keep working on it!

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