In this YouTube video, the speaker (Nir Zavaro) introduces his upcoming book, Fuck the Slides, and explains his pitch‑storytelling framework that helped a startup raise $20 million. He argues that traditional slide decks hinder effective pitching and proposes three concrete rules: (1) start with a 500‑word narrative, (2) keep slide text to a single sentence or point per slide, and (3) distill the presentation to one core message. He illustrates the approach with a recent Series A company that, after applying the framework, secured a $20 M raise. The speaker also outlines his April book‑tour itinerary—judging a pitch competition in Georgia, meeting entrepreneurs in New York, Austin, Washington, Silicon Valley, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles—and invites founders to contact him for coaching. He promises to release more detailed framework videos in the coming weeks and encourages viewers to subscribe.
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How am I helping a company raise $20 million and what that can do for your pitch? Are you a startup? Are you looking to raise money? Here are 3 things you can learn from a startup raising $20 million now. Hello, how are you? Welcome back. So, uh, it's been a while. I'm about to finish my new book. It's called Fuck the Slides. Well, that's the working title. No, it's not. That's the book. And during April, I'm flying to the US to meet more entrepreneurs and teach the framework of how you can improve your storytelling. It's all about the pitch, the 3-minute, how to do it better and how to measure what are the KPIs to have a good story. And I thought I can share with you that we just did that with a company that's raising $20 million and they had a story. They've already raised once Now Series A, they're trying and it's just not working. So we met here in my office on a weekend. I just landed. I was tired and we sat here for hours. And you know what we did? We looked at the slides. So what's fuck the slides all about? Forget the slides. They're hurting you. Don't start with the slides. Start with the story. 500 words. And that's a big part of what I'm going to teach. when I travel, when I do the book tour. And the second thing is they should have less text. You know what? Forget the text. One sentence, one point, one thing. What is that one key message that you need to deliver? And the third thing, well, when we meet. So during April, I'll be traveling. I'll be in New York. I'm judging at the finals pitch competition in Georgia at the University of Georgia, which I'm really looking forward to. I'm gonna meet a lot of students and entrepreneurs. From there, I'm flying to Austin, Texas, and if you're there, give me a shout out. I would love to hang out and meet. From there, GLC in Washington, the Entrepreneurs Organization, where I'll be speaking and talking about marketing and other stuff and being part as a member in that. After that, Silicon Valley, maybe Vegas, definitely LA, back to New York. If you're around, let's talk. If you're working on your pitch and you have a startup, Please reach out. Maybe I can help you do it much better. Talk soon, my friends. And, uh, please, in the next following weeks, I'm gonna teach the framework here, so subscribe and follow. Talk soon.
