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Join us for the Startup Launch Series on Monday, November 10 from 12 to 1 p.m. to learn how to be a pitch deck pro with Jack Marck of Serra Ventures. A pitch deck is a non-negotiable strategic tool for a startup. It often functions as a great way for a founder to organize their thinking around communicating vision, strategy and execution priorities for their startup. There are typically expectations around both content and structure, which this workshop will address. Participants can expect to leave with a working knowledge of what kind of content goes into a pitch deck and how it is used in communicating with a company’s various stakeholders. Participants will also be able to sign up for an open work session to get feedback on their decks as well as a three-part clinic which will dive deeper into the preparation of the various components of the deck.
About the Speaker: Jack Mack is an associate at Serra Ventures and has devoted a career to finding and exploiting opportunities for improvement and optimization by overlapping rich data insights and analytics with expert intuition gathered from experienced industry leaders. Over the last 10 years, Jack has focused on agriculture technologies with a particular emphasis on on-farm record keeping, data management and digital solutions. In his current role, Jack supports early-stage, venture-backed companies on their journey to commercializing transformative technologies in Ag and Food industries.
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