Claude Prompts for Decks That Open Term Sheets

Build a 10-12 slide deck outline for [business]. Stage: [pre-seed / seed / Series A]. Output per slide: title, single takeaway sentence, 3 supporting bullets max. Slides: problem, solution, market, traction, business model, competition, GTM, team, financials, ask. Adjust order if narrative demands.

[Paste current deck slides]. Audit narrative arc: does each slide build on previous? Where does narrative break? What slide could be cut without losing argument? Where do investors typically stop reading (slide 5-7)? Restructure for momentum, not topic ordering.

Write slide 1 of deck for [business]. Either: bold claim that hooks attention, customer quote that lands instantly, or ambitious mission stated cleanly. Under 15 words on slide. Sets the entire deck's tone. Skip the "About Us" intro — investors already know your name.

Closing slide for [round]. Output: $X raising at $Y valuation, runway it buys, milestones to hit, what we want from this investor specifically (capital + intros + expertise). Specific ask > vague "looking for partners." Last slide = call to action, not "thank you."

Write the problem slide for [business]. Format: 1-2 sentence problem statement, 3 bullets of evidence (numbers + customer quote + market signal), why hasn't it been solved (1 line). Keep it about THE PROBLEM, not your solution. Solution slide handles your part.

Write the solution slide for [business]. Output: how the solution works in 1 sentence, key innovation (what didn't exist before us), proof it works (1 example or screenshot), what makes us defensible. Don't repeat problem. Don't list features. Single insight.

Write market slide for [business]. Output: TAM ($), SAM ($), SOM (year 1-3 capture $). Bottom-up math AT LEAST as much as top-down. Cite sources. One chart showing market growth or share. Avoid Hockey-stick fantasy. Believable scale > impressive fiction.

Write traction slide for [business]. Highlight: 3 hardest-to-fake metrics (revenue, customer count, retention, growth rate), graph showing momentum (steeper > flatter), customer logos or quotes if relevant, milestone moments dated. Show acceleration, not just absolute numbers.

Write competition slide for [business]. Format: 2x2 matrix or quadrant with us vs competitors on 2 dimensions THAT MATTER, brief 1-line per direct competitor on positioning, what makes us defensible (network, switching costs, IP, talent, brand). Honest about competitor strengths.

Financials slide for [stage]. Pre-seed/seed: 3-year projections by month/quarter, key drivers visible, gross margin, burn rate, runway. Series A+: actuals + projection. Don't overload chart. Single chart + 5 metric callouts. Hockey-stick OK if defensible; impossible-stick instant pass.

Use of funds slide. Raising $X. Output: allocation to team (% + key hires named), GTM (channels + spend), product (R&D priorities), runway buffer. Tied to specific milestones reached. "Working capital" = lazy. Specific allocation = strategic.

Milestone ladder slide. Ladder: where we are today, milestone at $X (this round funds), milestone at $Y (next round opens), milestone at $Z (Series next). Tied to revenue + product + team metrics. Shows the path; investors see option value.

[Paste slide titles from current deck]. Optimize each title: should be the slide's takeaway, not its topic. "Market" = topic. "$10B market growing 30% annually" = takeaway. Investor reading just titles should understand the deck. Rewrite each.

[Paste deck]. Write speaker notes for each slide: 60-90 second talk track, transitions to next slide, anticipated investor question per slide + answer ready, slides where I should pause for response. Notes for me, not on slide.

Generate 20 hardest investor questions for [deck]. Per question: why investor asks (what concern), 60-second answer, evidence to back, what NOT to say. Hardest: "what if [bigco] does this?", "how defensible?", "what's your moat?", "why now?", "why you?".