I’m making myself available so that you can get one-on-one coaching. Overcome the mental blocks that are holding you back from achieving your true potential. Start breaking down your barriers and capitalising on opportunities.
If you’re thinking to yourself, what does he know that I don’t? The answer is nothing. You shouldn’t choose to work with me. Do it your way. Make the mistakes that I made. Lose that big opportunity. Blow pitches with investors.
When you don’t get the results you were hoping for and find yourself running in place, and going nowhere fast, it might be time to consider a different approach.
I’ve been an entrepreneur my whole life and have been advising founders for 9 years. I’ve built Unicorns including Delivery Hero, Groupon, and Lazada. I’ve also built others you haven’t likely heard of. I’ve helped people raise a small angel round up to doing an $8b IPO.
Having worked in top-tier M&A at Lazard, as well as a VC in Asia, I have developed a specialised set of skills that are hard to access taken with my knowledge of startup operations and industry knowledge.
The advice I share, comes from real, practical experience. That, combined with coaching thousands of founders, gives me a unique perspective, not only into the mind of an investor, but also what it takes to pivot, overcome objections and succeed.
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1700 blogs on startup and fundraising.
Formerly Top Writer, with thousands of answers.
My profile for you to check me out.
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If you hate writing pitch decks, trust me, investors hate reading them more! Investors are deluged with thousands of decks a year.
There are hundreds of thousands of founders trying to raise and only a few thousand will ever get funded. Those aren’t great odds.
It takes around 6 months to raise a round. Fundraising is a total bi*ch. No one enjoys it! But founders don’t always make things easy for themselves.
The truth is… 99% of pitch decks suck. They’re just painful to read and rarely get to the point. I’ve had many decks where I don’t even know what it is the startup does!
For years, I’ve written blogs, videos, free templates but frankly, nothing seemed to have worked. And you know what, the fact that you need to accumulate so much knowledge to run a good enough process has something to do with it.
As a pitch deck and fundraise nerd, I decided to try something different. So I started Perfect Pitch Deck to honestly try help founders waste less time and get the funding they need to build cool stuff.
Nobody understands your business better than you do. This is also why it is so difficult to explain it. I know what matters and can ask the right questions, filter out your BS and get to the actual flarking point. My mindset is aligned for investors’ interests, not endlessly talking about product (which you focus on day to day!). I am focused on the commercial case and big picture of you getting an exit.
You need to know specific things to build traction, product, hire etc.
When it comes to VCs, they are focused on the how big you can get. I know what investors care about and will refocus you.
No need to Google pointlessly, you will get just what you need to know from me.
Fundraising sucks and you rarely do it.
It's also a stupid skill set if you have access to someone who knows the answers.
Half of my clients have had exits and raised a lot.
They just know raising is a pain and want expert help to challenge them and tell them exactly what to do.
Knowing about raising is perceived as cool, so people read 3 blogs, pretend they are an expert, and regurgitate it.
Also, VCs look at decks, but they never write them. I invent how to do decks, so you won't get BS advice.
No startup is perfect- everyone has issues.
VCs say they will help with your deck but you can't really be honest with them.
Your friends are clueless. You can share every skeleton in your closet with me without judgment (and consequences).
If you made mistakes before I will teach you how to deal with them.
Fundraising is really important but wtf, you only need the cash to get back and do your job!
I resent how much time founders waste so I will help get the job as effectively as possible.
I will make you work hard, but I will get you to just do what adds value to get the round closed.
I'm a huge nerd, there's not much I haven't written a 10k word essay on.
You can ask me a question and I'll drop mad knowledge on you till your brain melts and can't process anymore.
One of the biggest points of decks is explaining what matters given the ADHD of investors. Everyone massively struggles to get to the point.
I take anything you say and get to the point and cut out the BS.
I regularly make friendships with my clients because I don't treat you like a client and I personally care about you being successful. I'm funny and will make you laugh through the process, so sure we will get work done, but it doesn't have to be dull!
I don't tell you "fill this in" and get you off a call asap. I teach you what we are doing, why it matters, how you need to present it to investors, and what you need to talk about when you are asked questions.
Because I'm trying to help you be fundable (not just make a deck) I try to make you smarter.
I do not presume I know more than you do on your business and industry. I ask questions, help you come to answers, and set out options. I need your help to get all the smarts out of your head so I can help you communicate it in a structured and intelligent manner.
I am extremely good at getting to the point. Our conversations will productive, because whenever you meander, I'll stop you and say "what's the point". I know you have a startup to run, so I'm not going to let you babble.
You can be confident when you ask me questions, or advice on a niche topic you will either get expert advice, or "I don't know, but let's figure it out". I do not give bad advice and pretend to have answers.
I do consulting because I know a lot and can help. I will not work with founders that I can't help or who are arrogant and unkind. I will treat you like a friend and go out of my way to help you even if it is not in scope (within reason, be respectful!).
I don't like working hard when we can work smart. We will steal slides, use templates etc. I've blown a lot of time figuring out how to make the process of making a deck as efficient as possible, but also giving you the best possible outcome.
If your deck is not a pain in the ass to do, you are not trying hard enough. I am going to continually push you to achieve better, to increase your knowledge, and to explain things in a smarter way.
The fact is investors pretend they know everything, but they have no idea. They are looking for confident founders that seem to have the right answer to everything, or at least a compelling logic to how you calculated market size etc.
Thought leader who understands raising because I’ve done it all
Alexander Jarvis
Alex
Execution
Lisbon
$10,000
I’m easy to Google if you want to check me out. But feel free to check out the following links.
Over decades I've helped people raise from angel stage to doing multi billion IPO and M&A deals
Work experience starts with tier-1 investment banking M&A, to building 3 unicorns, venture building, VC, and director of 3 VC funds
What I don't know on fundraising and business models I have forgotten
I've lived in 13 countries and worked with founders all across the globe.
Firstly, my approach requires you being the expert. I have the experience to work in any sector and stage you are in.
Raise: $1-5m
Looking to get a solid deck done quickly
Raise: $5-50m
Want to put in the time to get things just right
Fund 1-3
VC, accelerator, venture builder etc.
Fund 1-3
Hedge fund, PE, multi-family property etc.
Support for all your fundraising needs
Outreach emails which will get investor replies
Dramatically incrase the speed and efficacy of your fundraising with fundable material and consulting.
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If you have any questions prior to booking a service, you can email me.
