As early-stage investors we spend a lot of time reading pitch decks. In fact, if you don’t like reading, you should probably consider a different line of work. What often strikes us: even though founders share tremendous amounts of data with us – from product data to TAMs, SAMs and SOMs to various KPIs – we often learn very little about the strategic narrative of their companies. In contrast only a few years ago it was still customary to find mission and vision statements in pitch decks, but lately this has become more the exception rather than the rule. READ MORE