Wayland Build Investor Deck

Build an Investor Deck

Estimated time: 60-90 minutes

This workflow builds an investor pitch deck from the ground up. It runs long, so state is saved between steps. The arc is: gather the brief, infer the right story arc for the investor archetype, draft slide-level briefs (what each slide is FOR), expand to full slide content, tighten the narrative, then write speaker notes. Review checkpoints let the user refine briefs, slides, and notes before shipping.

The driving skill for every generative step is pitch-deck, invoked in a different mode at each stage.

Steps

Step 1: Kickoff and Brief (uses: pitch-deck)

Open the workflow and gather the brief. Ask the user for: the company, the round and target size, the investor archetype, current revenue/traction, and any existing deck to build on. Tell the user this takes about 60-90 minutes and that state is saved as you go. Do not proceed until you have enough to characterize the company and the round.

• Input: user-provided company, round + size, investor archetype, revenue/traction, existing deck
• Output: a captured brief block describing the company and the round
• Key focus: get a concrete, specific brief before any generation

Step 2: Infer the Story Arc (uses: pitch-deck)

Using the brief, infer the recommended story arc: the narrative shape that makes this round credible to this specific investor archetype. Present the inferred arc and the reasoning behind it, then let the user confirm or override before building on it.

• Input: the brief from Step 1
• Output: a recommended story arc with reasoning, confirmed or overridden by the user
• Key focus: the arc must be tailored to the investor archetype, not generic

Step 3: Build Slide-Level Briefs (uses: pitch-deck)

Run pitch-deck in slide-level-briefs mode against the brief and the confirmed arc. For each slide, state what the slide is FOR, the argument it carries, and the proof it presents. Show the full set of briefs to the user.

• Input: the brief from Step 1, the story arc from Step 2
• Output: slide-level briefs (purpose, argument, proof per slide)
• Key focus: every slide must carry one clear argument backed by proof

Step 4: Review and Refine Slide Briefs (uses: pitch-deck)

Present the slide briefs and ask the user to either proceed to full slide content or refine the briefs. If they refine, take their feedback and re-run the brief-building step with the prior briefs plus the feedback and the arc, then present again. Allow up to three refinement passes before moving on.

• Input: slide briefs from Step 3, user refinement feedback, the story arc
• Output: approved (possibly revised) slide briefs
• Key focus: lock the structure before writing full content

Step 5: Build Full Slide Content (uses: pitch-deck)

Run pitch-deck in full-slide-content mode using the approved slide briefs and the original brief. Produce the actual content for each slide: headlines, body, data callouts, and visual cues. Show the full content to the user.

• Input: approved slide briefs from Step 4, the brief from Step 1
• Output: full slide content for every slide
• Key focus: faithful to each slide's brief; concrete numbers, not placeholders

Step 6: Review and Refine Slides (uses: pitch-deck)

Present the full slide content and ask the user to proceed to narrative tightening or refine specific slides. If they refine, re-run the slide-content step with the prior slides plus feedback and the slide briefs, then present again. Allow up to three refinement passes.

• Input: full slide content from Step 5, user feedback, slide briefs
• Output: approved (possibly revised) slide content
• Key focus: fix the specific slides the user flags without breaking the arc

Step 7: Tighten the Narrative (uses: pitch-deck)

Run pitch-deck in narrative-tightening mode over the approved slides. Cut redundancy, sharpen transitions slide-to-slide, and make the through-line unmistakable so the deck reads as one argument, not a pile of slides.

• Input: approved slide content from Step 6
• Output: a tightened version of the slides
• Key focus: one continuous argument; remove anything that does not advance it

Step 8: Write Speaker Notes (uses: pitch-deck)

Run pitch-deck in speaker-notes mode over the tightened slides. For each slide, write what to say beyond what is on the slide: the framing, the emphasis, and the answer to the obvious objection. Show the notes to the user.

• Input: tightened slides from Step 7
• Output: speaker notes per slide
• Key focus: what the presenter says, not a restatement of the slide

Step 9: Final Review and Ship (uses: pitch-deck)

Present the speaker notes and the assembled deck package (story arc, slide briefs, tightened slides, speaker notes). Ask the user to ship or refine the speaker notes. If they refine, re-run the speaker-notes step with the prior notes plus feedback and the tightened slides, then present again (up to two passes). On ship, assemble and output the final deck package.

• Input: speaker notes from Step 8, tightened slides, user decision
• Output: the final deck package (arc, briefs, tightened slides, speaker notes)
• Key focus: deliver a complete, coherent deck the user can present

Expected Outcome

A complete investor deck: a confirmed story arc, slide-level briefs, tightened full slide content, and per-slide speaker notes, assembled into one deck package ready to present.