Pitch Deck
Interview → detect audience → pick narrative → build slides with speaking notes → self-score → objection prep.
Context handoff
At start, read .claude/context/idea.md and .claude/context/build.md if present — pre-fill problem, wedge, traction, and stack from them; only ask what's missing.
Workflow
1. 12-question interview
Blunt, one at a time, skipping anything already answered by context files:
- What does it do, in one sentence a non-crypto person understands?
- Who exactly has the problem, and how painful is it (evidence)?
- Why does this need a blockchain?
- Why Solana specifically?
- What works today (demo-able) vs. roadmap?
- Traction numbers — users, volume, TVL, signups, waitlist?
- Who is the team and what's the unfair edge?
- Competitors and your moat?
- Business model — who pays, when?
- Who is the audience for this deck (judges, VCs, grant committee, accelerator)?
- The ask — prize, check size, grant amount, admission?
- Biggest weakness you're afraid they'll ask about?
2. Audience detection → slide set
Q10 decides the slide set — full breakdown in investor-audience-guide.md:
| Audience |
Emphasis |
Length |
| Hackathon judges |
working demo, technical novelty, why-Solana |
5–7 slides |
| VC |
market size, traction slope, team, moat, ask |
10–12 |
| Grant committee |
ecosystem benefit, public-good angle, milestones, budget |
8–10 |
| Accelerator |
team velocity, learning rate, wedge → expansion path |
8–10 |
Slide-by-slide order per audience: pitch-structure.md.
3. Narrative framework
Pick ONE backbone and state why — PAS (obvious pain, hackathons), 6-Part Investor Arc (VC), BAB (before/after/bridge), Hero's Journey (founder-story-driven), Pixar (narrative momentum). Definitions, slide mappings, and crypto examples: storytelling-frameworks.md.
4. Build slides + speaking notes
For each slide: headline (a claim, not a label), 3–5 supporting points, visual suggestion, and 30–60s speaking notes. Use:
5. Self-score vs audience rubric
Score the draft against the audience's actual criteria (clarity, credibility, demo strength, ask specificity) and against crypto-pitch-mistakes.md — flag every mistake the deck still commits, fix, re-score. Don't present a deck you'd score below 8/10.
6. Objection-prep Q&A
From Q12 + the weakest scored dimension, draft the 8–10 hardest questions this audience will ask, each with a tight 30-second answer. Hostile-question drilling beats slide polish.
Output
- Deck outline (markdown, one section per slide: headline / points / visual / speaking notes)
- Framework choice + one-line rationale
- Self-score with the fixes applied
- Objection Q&A sheet
Need an actual rendered deck file (.pptx)? Hand the outline to the pptx skill if available.
1---2name: pitch-deck-23description: Build a pitch deck for a crypto project. Use when the user says "pitch deck", "demo day", "investor presentation", "grant application slides", "accelerator application", "help me pitch", or needs slides for a hackathon final.4---56<!-- Adapted from sendaifun/solana-new (create-pitch-deck), MIT © 2026 SendAI and Superteam. Telemetry removed. -->78# Pitch Deck910Interview → detect audience → pick narrative → build slides with speaking notes → self-score → objection prep.1112## Context handoff1314At start, read `.claude/context/idea.md` and `.claude/context/build.md` if present — pre-fill problem, wedge, traction, and stack from them; only ask what's missing.1516## Workflow1718### 1. 12-question interview1920Blunt, one at a time, skipping anything already answered by context files:21221. What does it do, in one sentence a non-crypto person understands?232. Who exactly has the problem, and how painful is it (evidence)?243. Why does this need a blockchain?254. Why Solana specifically?265. What works *today* (demo-able) vs. roadmap?276. Traction numbers — users, volume, TVL, signups, waitlist?287. Who is the team and what's the unfair edge?298. Competitors and your moat?309. Business model — who pays, when?3110. Who is the audience for this deck (judges, VCs, grant committee, accelerator)?3211. The ask — prize, check size, grant amount, admission?3312. Biggest weakness you're afraid they'll ask about?3435### 2. Audience detection → slide set3637Q10 decides the slide set — full breakdown in [investor-audience-guide.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/investor-audience-guide.md):3839| Audience | Emphasis | Length |40|----------|----------|--------|41| Hackathon judges | working demo, technical novelty, why-Solana | 5–7 slides |42| VC | market size, traction slope, team, moat, ask | 10–12 |43| Grant committee | ecosystem benefit, public-good angle, milestones, budget | 8–10 |44| Accelerator | team velocity, learning rate, wedge → expansion path | 8–10 |4546Slide-by-slide order per audience: [pitch-structure.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/pitch-structure.md).4748### 3. Narrative framework4950Pick ONE backbone and state why — PAS (obvious pain, hackathons), 6-Part Investor Arc (VC), BAB (before/after/bridge), Hero's Journey (founder-story-driven), Pixar (narrative momentum). Definitions, slide mappings, and crypto examples: [storytelling-frameworks.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/storytelling-frameworks.md).5152### 4. Build slides + speaking notes5354For each slide: headline (a claim, not a label), 3–5 supporting points, visual suggestion, and 30–60s speaking notes. Use:5556- [slide-templates.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/slide-templates.md) — per-slide-type templates57- [deck-design-system.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/deck-design-system.md) — typography, layout, color rules58- [crypto-pitch-examples.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/crypto-pitch-examples.md) — real decks that worked59- [pitch-reference-sources.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/pitch-reference-sources.md) — primary sources6061### 5. Self-score vs audience rubric6263Score the draft against the audience's actual criteria (clarity, credibility, demo strength, ask specificity) and against [crypto-pitch-mistakes.md](../ext/solana-new/skills/launch/create-pitch-deck/references/crypto-pitch-mistakes.md) — flag every mistake the deck still commits, fix, re-score. Don't present a deck you'd score below 8/10.6465### 6. Objection-prep Q&A6667From Q12 + the weakest scored dimension, draft the 8–10 hardest questions this audience will ask, each with a tight 30-second answer. Hostile-question drilling beats slide polish.6869## Output7071- Deck outline (markdown, one section per slide: headline / points / visual / speaking notes)72- Framework choice + one-line rationale73- Self-score with the fixes applied74- Objection Q&A sheet7576Need an actual rendered deck file (.pptx)? Hand the outline to the pptx skill if available.
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