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Sequoia Capital
Pitch Deck Template
Reproduced by PitchDeckCoach from info presented at
http://www.sequoiacap.com/grove/posts/6bzx/writing-a-business-plan
Flow
FYI Only – NOT a slide for your deck
Company Purpose
Problem
Solution
Why Now
Market Size
Competition
Product
Business Model
Team
Financials
2
Company Purpose
Define the company/business in a single
declarative sentence
3
Problem
Describe the pain of the customer (or the
customer’s customer)
Outline how the customer addresses the issue
today
4
Solution
Demonstrate your company’s value
proposition to make the customer’s life better
Show where your product physically sits
Provide use cases
5
Why Now
Set-up the historical evolution of your category
Define recent trends that make your solution
possible
6
Market Size
Identify/profile the customer you cater to
Calculate the TAM (top down), SAM (bottoms
up) and SOM
7
Competition
List competitors
List competitive advantages
8
Product
Product line-up (form factor, functionality,
features, architecture, intellectual property)
Development roadmap
9
Business Model
Revenue model
Pricing
Average account size and/or lifetime value
Sales & distribution model
Customer/pipeline list
10
Team
Founders & Management
Board of Directors/Board of Advisors
11
Financials
P&L
Balance sheet
Cash flow
Cap table
The deal
12
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