Guys. Please. Go through the deck. I cannot emphasize enough how much it decreases the chances of getting an investor over the line when you decide to "just chat" with no visuals. How much time do you spend prepping for a raise? Between data room, deck design, narrative creation, etc? Usually 50-100 hrs? Why in the world would you then, at the ten yard line of a fundraising process (the weeks when you are actually pitching), decide to go about things in a way that yields lower levels of communication efficiency and information transfer? Especially if it is a pre-seed/seed/A raise where things are still very much being presented in the absence of empirical proof or data. Maybe 1-2% of the population in tech/startups is capable of running a 30-60 minute meeting with absolutely no materials and captivating a room with nothing but their own voice. For everyone else, your materials are a lever used to drive people towards the outcome you seek. Not using all tools available to you is silly! I promise you, whatever downside you think may come from presenting a pitch deck - coming across as robotic, rehearsed, so on and so forth - pales in comparison to the downside of not being able to control the conversation.

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We need to pace the frontier. I’ve had this fucking song stuck in my head all day.