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Pitch investors

A ready-made journey for anyone who wants to pitch investors: 8 steps, about 5.3 hours in all, in an order that works — work steps of 30 minutes or less, with real-world sessions kept whole.

Opens in Nextep with a two-minute first step lit. Free, and no account needed to begin.

When it's useful

When you have decided to pitch investors but the first move is fuzzy. Nextep shows one step at a time, keeps the rest in order, and never calls anything overdue — a day that slips simply becomes today.

The steps

1. 1Write the one-line version20 min
2. 2Build the 10-slide deck60 min
3. 3Get the numbers straight and sourced45 min
4. 4Write the FAQ for the hard questions30 min
5. 5Rehearse the 5-minute versiontime block · 30 min
6. 6Build the target list of 20 investors45 min
7. 7Get 3 warm intros30 min
8. 8Run the first 5 meetingstime block · 60 min

Work steps over 30 minutes are split into parts when you start, so they fit somewhere in a day; sessions — a run, an appointment, a call — stay whole.