- The classics:
- Wall-of-text slides (no investor reads paragraphs)
- "We have no competitors" (you're either lying or in a worthless market)
- 50-page appendix (hide it; share on request)
- Animations on every slide (nausea)
- Pre-product decks with hockey-stick projections (you're a clown)
Keep it tight. Show, don't tell.
Next action
Turn the lesson into work.
Pick one concrete next step now, while the context is still fresh.