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The Startup Club by Slidebean · Intermediate ·🚀 Entrepreneurship & Startups ·11mo ago

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The video discusses the importance of a target audience slide in a pitch deck, highlighting its role in identifying the perfect customer and its potential complementarity with a case study slide.

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Target audience is a key slide and honestly very often forgotten. The deck should tell us who your perfect customer is. And no, the answer should not be everyone. Not understanding who buys your product is a huge red flag on a pitch deck. This can be complemented with a case study slide, for example, which is a short story about, for example, a company that adopted your solution and how it changed their productivity. Now, the case study slide itself might give the reader an answer about who the target audience is. And you're killing two birds with one stone.
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1 How Startup Equity REALLY Works
How Startup Equity REALLY Works
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2 Startup shares aren’t pies: they’re bricks. #equity #shares #slidebean #startupclub #startups
Startup shares aren’t pies: they’re bricks. #equity #shares #slidebean #startupclub #startups
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3 A Startup Valuation is like betting odds 🎰
A Startup Valuation is like betting odds 🎰
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4 Giving Stock Options ≠ Giving Shares ☝️
Giving Stock Options ≠ Giving Shares ☝️
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5 The PAINFUL Road from Pitch Deck to Funding
The PAINFUL Road from Pitch Deck to Funding
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6 Every SaaS Acronym Explained
Every SaaS Acronym Explained
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7 How would I run a startup (If I had to start over)
How would I run a startup (If I had to start over)
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8 NEVER make an MBA your co-founder
NEVER make an MBA your co-founder
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9 Raising Venture Capital Takes LONGER Than You Think
Raising Venture Capital Takes LONGER Than You Think
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10 The Startup Club by Slidebean Live Stream
The Startup Club by Slidebean Live Stream
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11 The 4 Biggest RED FLAGS on a Pitch Deck
The 4 Biggest RED FLAGS on a Pitch Deck
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12 MBA's are NOT great Startup Founders
MBA's are NOT great Startup Founders
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13 NEVER outsource your Minimum Viable Product
NEVER outsource your Minimum Viable Product
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14 The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide - 2026
The Ultimate Pitch Deck Guide - 2026
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15 Avoid this MISTAKE founders commonly make
Avoid this MISTAKE founders commonly make
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16 How to Raise Startup Funding: EVERYTHING You Need to Know
How to Raise Startup Funding: EVERYTHING You Need to Know
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17 Can your Startup raise money?
Can your Startup raise money?
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18 How to issue shares to NEW INVESTORS?
How to issue shares to NEW INVESTORS?
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19 Why Software Patents Are Useless
Why Software Patents Are Useless
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20 Startup Financial Modeling Explained (+ FREE Template)
Startup Financial Modeling Explained (+ FREE Template)
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21 You NEED this spreadsheet for your Startup
You NEED this spreadsheet for your Startup
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22 What NOBODY Tells You About Selling a Startup
What NOBODY Tells You About Selling a Startup
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23 I Did 3 Startup Accelerators (So You Don't Have To)
I Did 3 Startup Accelerators (So You Don't Have To)
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24 Top 6 Startups that Apple Killed
Top 6 Startups that Apple Killed
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25 The Pitch Deck that Shaped All Pitch Decks
The Pitch Deck that Shaped All Pitch Decks
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26 LLC vs INC: a guide for startups
LLC vs INC: a guide for startups
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27 How to write a Killer Elevator Pitch - 2025
How to write a Killer Elevator Pitch - 2025
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28 How to Scale a Startup Team
How to Scale a Startup Team
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29 The ONE thing Investors look for in Startups
The ONE thing Investors look for in Startups
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30 The RIGHT Way to Calculate your Market Size (TAM/SAM/SOM)
The RIGHT Way to Calculate your Market Size (TAM/SAM/SOM)
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31 Beware of Convertible Notes
Beware of Convertible Notes
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32 Idea to Exit (and the Most Common Mistakes Founders Make)
Idea to Exit (and the Most Common Mistakes Founders Make)
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33 How Much Equity Are Founders Keeping
How Much Equity Are Founders Keeping
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34 Startup Budgeting (And What Most Founders Get Wrong)
Startup Budgeting (And What Most Founders Get Wrong)
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35 Solo Founder? There’s a catch...
Solo Founder? There’s a catch...
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This Slide shows investors you get it
This Slide shows investors you get it
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37 Investors Don’t Trust Your Projections
Investors Don’t Trust Your Projections
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38 More Ideas ≠ Better GTM
More Ideas ≠ Better GTM
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39 You’re Budgeting Your Startup Wrong
You’re Budgeting Your Startup Wrong
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40 The Hidden Danger of Churn
The Hidden Danger of Churn
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41 Why Startup Founders Lose Equity But Not Control
Why Startup Founders Lose Equity But Not Control
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42 Why Startups Die Between Rounds
Why Startups Die Between Rounds
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43 From “drop out” to “finish school first”? 🎓➡️🚀
From “drop out” to “finish school first”? 🎓➡️🚀
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44 How to Get Startup Funding: What Convinces An Investor?
How to Get Startup Funding: What Convinces An Investor?
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45 Why Most Startups Fail to Get Investors
Why Most Startups Fail to Get Investors
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46 The Weird (but Exciting) State of Startup Funding
The Weird (but Exciting) State of Startup Funding
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47 The startup playbook is dead and AI killed it
The startup playbook is dead and AI killed it
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48 How to Calculate Customer Lifetime Value the RIGHT Way
How to Calculate Customer Lifetime Value the RIGHT Way
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49 Being a newcomer isn’t a weakness
Being a newcomer isn’t a weakness
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50 Culture isn’t soft. It’s expensive when it’s wrong
Culture isn’t soft. It’s expensive when it’s wrong
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51 Great startups don’t start with ideas
Great startups don’t start with ideas
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52 Why unprofitable startups are popular again
Why unprofitable startups are popular again
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53 Obsessing over political headlines is quietly hurting your business
Obsessing over political headlines is quietly hurting your business
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54 Runway doesn’t save startups. Alignment does.
Runway doesn’t save startups. Alignment does.
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55 The hidden discipline behind a great pitch deck
The hidden discipline behind a great pitch deck
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56 [Live Webinar] Startup Funding Rounds in the AI Era
[Live Webinar] Startup Funding Rounds in the AI Era
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57 The right way to approach investors #fundraising #startups #vc #entrepreneur
The right way to approach investors #fundraising #startups #vc #entrepreneur
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58 Stop forecasting revenue like this
Stop forecasting revenue like this
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59 [Live Webinar] How to Pitch an AI Startup to Investors
[Live Webinar] How to Pitch an AI Startup to Investors
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60 How to Value your Startup (and keep your Equity)
How to Value your Startup (and keep your Equity)
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The video teaches the importance of identifying the target audience in a pitch deck and how it can be complemented with a case study slide to demonstrate the product's value. This is crucial for entrepreneurs to effectively communicate their product's potential to investors. By understanding the target audience, entrepreneurs can tailor their marketing strategy and pitch to resonate with their ideal customer.

Key Takeaways
  1. Identify the target audience for your product
  2. Create a target audience slide for your pitch deck
  3. Develop a case study slide to complement the target audience slide
  4. Use the case study slide to demonstrate the product's value and impact on the target audience
  5. Tailor your marketing strategy and pitch to resonate with your ideal customer
💡 Not understanding who buys your product is a huge red flag on a pitch deck, and identifying the target audience is crucial for effective marketing and fundraising.

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