263. Your Deck is Too in the Weeds, feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

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10/16/24 • 3 min

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About Justin Izzo
Justin is the Lead Data and Trends Analyst at Dropbox Docsend and trusted insights professional with 15+ years of research and leadership experience. He is the driving force behind DocSend's pitch deck metrics and annual slide-by-slide analysis reports, also hosting pitch deck teardowns to provide founders with actionable next steps. Justin loves designing research and strategies that leverage his unique Ph.D. background in the humanities and social sciences. He has an expert understanding of narrative, language, and culture coupled with a talent for deriving human insights from the social world.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-izzo/

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10/16/24 • 3 min

VC Minute - 263. Your Deck is Too in the Weeds, feat. Justin Izzo from Dropbox DocSend

Transcript

Justin Izzo00:00:01.028

This is a fundraising conundrum that I've observed a lot of recently, as many founders have pivoted quickly to AI first startups. is that they can get too in the weeds with their narratives. founders are often bright and dedicated, to running their business, and to growing it, getting traction wherever possible. But that can often mean that they're too close to their material. Why is that a problem for startup founders? it's because when it com

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