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How Rippling Raised a $45M Series A – Without a Pitch Deck
- hammock 8y agoLove this and I have tried to use memos a few times myself in place of slides decks. Isn't this an old idea though, it's basically a prospectus?
- threeseed 8y agoThey don't have a Pitch Deck. But they do have an Investor Memo + Metrics Deck. Must be a really slow SEO day over at Rippling.
- foobiekr 8y agoBasically an advertisement.
- raleigh_user 8y agoYah. And when you do click it’s a lead gen capture form for email. AKA all marketing spam. I actually think it’s a nice service. Just being a little dishonest with this statement.
- twog 8y agoBecause of Parker Conrad Saved you a click.
- paul7986 8y agoAnd a rich kid from the Upper West Side. Startups are much easier when your born wealthy and your parents have wealthy/connected friends. I'd be a rockstar if I was blessed with such a path. Not jaded this is just the reality for many successful startup founders.
- someguydave 8y agoI wonder what portion of startups with significant early funding are founded by children and/or relations of already wealthy and successful people?
- ahi 8y agoHe went to Harvard. He described his own high school efforts as "mediocre grades". Clearly smart and driven, but taking lessons from his experience is probably unwise. OT: at some point the Ivy's reputations have to get a little tarnished when it becomes obvious they admit mostly legacies and donors.
- around_here 8y agoThis is what you should be distributing anyways. The first is the investor memo, and it should go out before the pitch. Then you take your deck and go in person for the pitch. Then people will have Q&A time, get to know the company at a more personal level, and not spend their time there reading.
- ada1981 8y agoTLDR; Basically with a pitch deck that we are calling a memo.
- thinkingkong 8y agoDownvote me if you must but to me this totally falls into the “startup porn” category of news. Im genuinely excited more companies are working on these problems, but this isnt a pattern you can necessarily repeat.
- hairytrog 8y agolol. so innovative. literally a brochure...
- batoure 8y ago2005 - Hey guys I innovated and made a better business plan for potential investors it's called a pitch deck Us - cool 2019 - hey guys I innovated and made a a better pitch deck it's called "an investor memo" Us - wait isn't that just the business plan we used to make 2019 - disappears quietly
- ziggystardust 8y agoIs rippling copying Uber's design ?
- blackrock 8y agoSo.. this is just an overly wordy powerpoint?