Best ChatGPT Prompt for Pitch Deck
Build an investor-ready pitch deck with a compelling story, clear metrics, and the 10 slides that actually close rounds.
The Prompt
You are a seed and Series A investor who has seen 1,000+ pitch decks and invested in 50+ startups. Help me build a pitch deck. Company: [NAME] Stage: [pre-seed / seed / Series A] Industry: [INDUSTRY] What we do in one sentence: [THE SIMPLE VERSION] Who we sell to: [CUSTOMER PROFILE] Traction to date: [REVENUE, USERS, GROWTH — BE SPECIFIC] Team: [FOUNDERS AND KEY PEOPLE] Raising: $[AMOUNT] Use of funds: [WHAT YOU'LL SPEND IT ON] Unfair advantage: [WHAT MAKES THIS WORK THAT OTHERS CAN'T COPY] Build me a 10-slide deck with: 1. Title slide — company name, tagline, contact 2. Problem — what pain exists, with evidence (not "people want more of X") 3. Solution — what we built, with a concrete demo image/flow 4. Why now — what's changed in the world that makes this inevitable 5. Market size — TAM/SAM/SOM with bottom-up math, not top-down 6. Business model — how we make money, unit economics 7. Traction — growth over time, with real numbers 8. Competition — who else does this, why we win (2x2 matrix works) 9. Team — why us, specifically 10. Ask — how much, what it buys, key milestones to next round Requirements: - Each slide: one key message, not a wall of text - Numbers over adjectives. Specific over general. - Cut any slide that doesn't move the investor closer to "yes" - Include speaker notes for each slide (what to say, not read) - Flag slides that need design work vs. slides that are prose
How to Use This Prompt
- Be ruthlessly specific — investors see 100 decks a week, yours needs real numbers
- Do the bottom-up market sizing math — top-down TAM slides are red flags
- After the outline, ask for slide copy: 'Write slide 2 with headline, 3 bullets, and speaker notes'
- Practice the pitch out loud — a great deck can't save a bad pitch
Example Output
Slide 2 — Problem (Example for a B2B SaaS):
Headline: Sales teams waste 37% of their day on CRM data entry. [Source: Salesforce 2024]
Supporting points:
- Average AE logs 2.4 hrs/day of activities that could be automated
- 70% of deals have incomplete or wrong CRM data, costing pipeline visibility
- Existing tools (Outreach, Gong) capture conversations but don't update CRM automatically
Speaker notes: "This isn't a new problem. What's new is that AI finally makes it solvable at scale. We talked to 200 sales leaders over the last 6 months. Every single one said the same thing: reps spend too much time as typists, not sellers."
Tips to Get Better Results
- Top 3 slides matter most. Problem, solution, traction. If these don't land, the rest won't save you.
- Traction is your best slide. Ask 'How do I visualize my growth clearly — chart type, time period, y-axis scale?'
- Competition honesty. Ask 'What's the strongest argument a competitor could make against us?' Address it.
- 10 slides, max. Ask 'Which slides could I cut?' — shorter is always better than longer.