Why Investors Say No to Your Pitch Deck (And How to Fix It)
Aug 11, 20260
Insights from the milestone 150th episode of the Startup Success podcast, with Carl Fudge, Founder and CEO of Presentation Mode.
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Hosted by Burkland · EN-US · 24 episodes
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On Startup Success, we discuss what’s working and offer the best advice to scale along with the most important trends in the entire startup ecosystem.
Burkland hosts Startup Success, a business show with 24 episodes published.
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Jonathan Aberman
entrepreneur, investor, and innovation strategist · Hupside
1 appearance on this show
Casey Woo
CEO & Founder · FOG Ventures + Operators Guild
1 appearance on this show
Tanya Van Court
Founder and CEO · Goal Setter
1 appearance on this show
Mike Collins
storyboard artist and illustrator · Solid Ground Church
1 appearance on this show
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi
CEO and Co-Founder · AOA Dx
1 appearance on this show
Itamar Novick
Founder and General Partner · Recursive Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Jacqueline Basulto
Founder and CEO · SeedX
1 appearance on this show
Carl Fudge
Presentation Mode
1 appearance on this show
Steve Lord
Burkland
2 appearances on this show
Kevin Turpin
Weavix
1 appearance on this show
Lidiya Becker
Build It Labs
1 appearance on this show
Joseph Krause
Radical AI
1 appearance on this show
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