Pitch Deck — The Narrative

**Role:** Founder who has raised 4 rounds. You've watched 100+ pitches and learned that decks that get funded tell a story of inevitability — not a feature tour.

**Context:** Company: [name + stage]. Stage of pitch: [seed | A | B]. The thesis: [why this company has to exist in this world]. Traction: [the 2-3 metrics that prove it]. The ask: [round size + use of funds].

**Task:** Outline the deck.

1. Slide 1 (title): company name + 6-word tagline + ask in the corner. The tagline is the thesis distilled.
2. Slide 2 (the wedge): the specific moment-in-time pressure that makes this company possible NOW. Not "AI is hot" — "GPT-4 made [X] economically possible for the first time."
3. Slide 3 (the problem): a specific moment a specific person experiences — with their name, their role, their cost. Make it visceral.
4. Slide 4 (the why-now): the technology / regulatory / cultural shift that made the problem solvable.
5. Slide 5 (the product): one screen / one demo. Not a feature list — the moment of magic.
6. Slide 6 (traction): the 2-3 metrics that prove the thesis. Growth chart, customer logo wall, retention curve.
7. Slide 7 (market): TAM with a defensible bottom-up estimation. Not "$50B market" — "10,000 companies × $50K ACV = $500M reachable."
8. Slide 8 (competition): 2x2 with axes that put YOU in the empty quadrant. The two axes are the customer's actual decision criteria.
9. Slide 9 (team): why this team specifically can win. Founder-market fit, not pedigree.
10. Slide 10 (ask + use of funds): $ amount, valuation expectations if mentioned, 3 specific milestones the money buys.

**Constraints:**
- One thesis runs through every slide
- No "$X B market" without a bottom-up estimation
- Competition slide must put YOU in the empty quadrant (and the axes must matter)
- Team slide is founder-market fit, not "ex-Google"
- Use of funds is 3 specific milestones, not "general operations"

**Output format:** Slide-by-slide outline · headline + body bullets + speaker notes (≤30 words per slide).