Pitch-deck / feedback
Hi Guys,
I just finished our pitch-deck.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kpHS6FMGfnf5q-K2EO9jg4YCGKynmA9V/view?usp=sharing
To make a long story short we are in IT Recruitment space and want to build a tool for tech recruiters, we have one VC on board (pre-seed), seeking for a seed round.
I'll be very grateful for your feedback!
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Great deck! Giving you feedback (this is based on my experience of managing a due diligence process for three years at a family office that invested in startups.)
Clarity is most important! If you make somebody think too hard while reading your pitch deck, you are missing the point of a pitch deck: I would fix these two areas:
Email me if you want to go through more detailed feedback! [email protected]
Great feedback! Thank you!
I love the idea of doing one tech interview instead of many in order to apply to several job opportunities. If all this could be done in an anonymous manner at first, or just with an email, until some employers get interested, I think it would be a game changer. IMHO.
That's our ultimate goal! :) For now we are selling our platform as a tech vetting tool. :) We want to be 100% sure that screening candidates on our platform is more accurate, user friendly and faster for both candidates and recruiters then anything else on the market.
Our hypothesis is that job boards are obsolete and IT outsourcing services with roots in the 80's and 90's have to change. The workforce is heading from internal employees to independent contractors and freelancers. Even today it's nothing strange to work remotely for a few companies at once. All in all, the future are on-demand staffing platforms and we want to be one of them. :)
How do candidates feel about it? I’m worried that most code interviews turn candidates off - junior candidates can be intimidated and senior candidates see it as cumbersome and indicates micro management. Why can’t they just show their GitHub with projects they’ve worked on?
Sure, there are many ways to vet developers. I've asked developers on various forums if they have private repositories, and in general, the higher the seniority level, the fewer people have them. Due to family, private life, hobbies, etc.
Our ultimate goal is not to find a new way of tech screening. What we want to build is a platform where you are vetted only once in a while and are presented to many companies at the same time.
Thank you for your feedback!
I like the general color theme and idea - had a couple of pointers:
The on and off typography switches kinda hurts readability. It's sort of hard to read through the entire thing because the switches between regular text and big green text is quite frequent. The text on the Founders section at the end is also unreadable compared to the rest of the deck. Also found some grammatical errors like "will be able to source, check, and manage it specialists much faster and accurate" <--- should be accurately.
I've been apart of a few networks you've compared your service to, and I don't know if I would call the chart completely accurate from what I understand.
I like the way everything is structured and that you provided some real use cases
Thank you for such detailed comments!
I’m not in your industry so my thought might be completely left field and wrong but recruitment is a two way thing.
Your pitch is focused on the employer which it should be.
But surely another important element is the employee.
Better recruitment experience, better employee experience, better candidates etc?
This comment is so spot on. I built a 2-sided marketplace at my last job, and the first builds only focused on the consumer side, so the supplier side has no incentive to participate which really slowed down adoption. I find a lot of recruitment takes a stance of entitlement, like you should be privileged we want to talk to you. But even with the looming recession, its still a candidates market and you really need to sell to them too. Nice deck btw!
Thanks! You are right! We focused more on the employers in this deck just because they bring us money and that's what VCs want to see.
Your comment is really interesting! That' s true. I focused more on employers because they are our customers, which I think is more important for VCs. However, we do have some references from developers who have been vetted on our platform. Maybe I can add the candidates' point of view. Thanks!
Exactly. If it is a SHXX experience when applying for jobs etc, I don't apply!
IT MATTERS!
It does! You are 100% right! Employers come to the platforms where candidates are. So it's crucial for to attract developers with the best experience possible - at first as the most user friendly platform for vetting their skills, then as the platform, where they face the last tech interview ever!