because they have a lot more pattern matching on a pitch deck making a good deck (content, not formatting) requires a high degree of clarity https://www.slideshare.net/PitchDeckCoach/sequoia-capital-pitchdecktemplate
Tell that to their $200 MM write down on FTX… That anybody invested that much money because of FUD and a cult of SBF personality, without proper due diligence, is beyond a breach of fiduciary responsibility. It’s just gambling.
Good point on the clarity. I still intend to be as clear as possible on the YC app, but it is definitely longer form than a deck. And I'm sure ppl write essays. and this is the template I've been following! (per your rec, ty)
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It'd be nice if pitchdecks were sent together with deeper texts like the one you did for farcaster https://danromero.org/rss-plus.html