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In This Edition:
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Most Founders Fail Before
Slide Two
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15 Reports Every Founder
Should Read
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The Investors Who Actually
Go First
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️ How Top Founders Are
Closing Rounds
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Most Founders
Fail Before
Slide Two
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Your Pitch Deck
Isn’t Magic —
It’s a Test
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Most founders
think their pitch
deck is a story. In reality, it’s
an exam
— and investors
are grading you,
slide by
slide.
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The brutal
truth? Most founders
fail before slide
two.
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The new eBook, The $0
Billion Pitch
Deck
Checklist, breaks down the six investor
tests every deck
must pass
— and why most
startups stumble
where it matters
most.
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Here’s a preview
of what you’ll
discover
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1️⃣ The Hook
Test
— Can investors
“get it” in 3
seconds? 2️⃣ The Pain
Test
— Is your problem
real, costly, and
urgent? 3️⃣ The Clarity
Test
— Can a
12-year-old
explain your
solution? 4️⃣ The Math
Test
— Dream TAMs don’t
count. Real
numbers do. 5️⃣ The Evidence
Test
— Traction speaks
louder than
adjectives. 6️⃣ The Use of
Funds Test
— Be specific.
“Runway” isn’t a
strategy.
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Every slide is a
checkpoint —
clarity, proof,
and purpose
win.
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If you’re
raising, revising,
or just rethinking
your deck — this
checklist could
save you months of
rejections.
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Remember:
investors don’t
read decks; they
scan for reasons
to say no. This guide helps
you eliminate them
— one slide at a
time.
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Download the
eBook —
The $0
Billion Pitch
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Checklist
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Checklist
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15 Reports
Every Founder
Should Read
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15 Deep-Dive
Reports That
Will Redefine
Your AI &
Startups
Strategy in
2025
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Every week,
hundreds of AI
headlines flood
your feed. But only a
handful actually move
the needle
for founders,
investors, and
operators.
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So instead of
doom-scrolling
through hype,
here’s a curated
list of 15 must-read AI
+ VC reports
worth your time
this week.
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Inside, you’ll
find:
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The real
story behind the AI funding
boom
(FT)
Deep dives on valuations,
growth rates,
and VC trends
OpenAI’s leaked
financials
and public debate: IPO or stay
private?
The Top 20 AI Agent
Startups
redefining the
landscape
And new reports on State of AI
2025, Defence
Tech, SaaS
Survival,
and more
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From Meta’s
latest AI research
to VC reflections
on courage and
conviction — these
insights paint a
clearer picture of
where the industry
is heading
next.
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If you only read
one AI roundup
this week — make
it this one. Save yourself
hours of digging.
The gold is
already filtered.
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Explore every
insight and
download all
15
reports.
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Stop
post-purchase
fraud before it
drains your
eCommerce
business.
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Running an
eCommerce brand is
hard enough, fraud
shouldn't make it
harder.
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Post-purchase
fraud, or "digital
shoplifting,"
slips past
checkout tools and
costs DTC brands
millions in
disputes, wasted
shipping, and lost
revenue.
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Chargeflow
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payment but before
fulfillment,
cutting disputes
by up to 90% with
less than 0,1%
false positives.
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Stop Fraud in
Its
Tracks
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The Investors
Who Actually
Go First
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Looking for
Pre-Seed Funding
but Don’t Know
Where to
Start?
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If you’re
building your
first product or
still pre-revenue,
you already know — finding the
right investor
is harder than
building the
MVP.
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Most VCs talk
about backing
early-stage
founders… But only a few
actually lead
at pre-seed, when conviction
matters more than
traction.
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That’s why this
week’s roundup is
a must-save:
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50 Funds That
Lead Pre-Seed
Rounds
— the investors
who go first,
not follow the
crowd.
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Here’s a glimpse
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Operator-Led
&
Founder-First
— Afore, Craft,
Freestyle, Cowboy
Ventures
Mission-Driven
& Global
— Better Tomorrow,
Unshackled, MaC,
TMV
AI & Deep
Tech Focused
— Gradient,
Baukunst, Cantos,
Bloomberg
Beta
Fintech &
SaaS
Specialists
— Deciens,
Costanoa,
Precursor
Ventures
Hands-On &
High
Conviction
— SignalFire,
Unusual, Primary,
Refactor
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And that’s just
the start. You’ll
also find:
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Fundraising
playbooks, pitch deck
templates, VC Q&A
prep
guides, and 2,500+
verified angel
investors
in AI &
SaaS.
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Whether you’re
crafting your
first pitch or
prepping your next
raise — this
resource pack will
save you weeks of
searching.
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Start thinking
like the founders
who never
have to touch
their
runway.
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Explore the
full list +
resources
here.
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How Canva, Perplexity and Notion
turn feedback chaos into actionable
customer intelligence
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You’re sitting on a goldmine of
feedback: tickets, surveys, reviews,
but can’t mine it.
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Manual tagging doesn’t scale, and
insights fall through the cracks.
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Enterpret’s
AI unifies all feedback, auto‑tags
themes, and ties them to
revenue/CSAT, surfacing what matters
to customers.
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The result: faster decisions,
clearer priorities, and stronger
retention.
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See how top teams do it
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