Waiting Room

Melia Russell

Founded by Alex Flynn and Mark G., Deck Doctors is a consulting firm that crafts pitch decks, or slideshows, that founders send to investors to convince them to meet and potentially invest in their next funding round. Business is booming. In its first 15 months, the Deck Doctors have delivered decks to more than 100 startups, which together have raised millions of dollars in funding, according to the Deck Doctors. Customers include pre-seed startups like Happypillar, which makes an app that provides behavioral health support for families, and daydream, a martech company that recently blew past its fundraising target and closed $2.5 million in venture capital.

@credistick

So much advice for pitch decks (and startups in general) is ‘conventional’, when it’s the unconventional nature of startups that makes them appealing. The Hustle Fund/Deck Doctors guide focuses on how to tell that story effectively.

@dunkhippo33

As an aside, the Deck Doctors are insanely talented when it comes to crafting a narrative and designing slides. I’ve personally recommended them to almost all Hustle Fund’s portfolio companies in the last few years. And we use them ourselves for our decks at Hustle Fund. In fact, one of our portfolio companies struggled for months to raise with a deck they created. The company was strong but truthfully, the deck was not great. Deck Doctors worked with them on the narrative & the design, and soon afterwards, they raised millions of dollars.

These 26-year-old ex-consultants started a business creating pitch decks for startups. They've helped them raise millions amid a funding meltdown.

@SamuelLazarus

The team at @deckdocs were written up in Business Insider last month and are basically the go-to for @HustleFundVC. Word of caution: There are lot of pretenders in the space, but these two are among the only good ones I know.

@DavidsonAteh

Just spent a day and night reorganising a pitch deck after reading this ebook! Highly recommended! 🤩 Thanks @deckdocs and @HustleFundVC! 🙏

Eric Bahn

Hands down, they are the very best narrative designers in the world. I'm not just talking about pretty pitch decks, which they do well, but coaching founders on how to craft a compelling overall narrative. Deck Doctors is the only pitch consulting shop that we recommend to our founders. We use them ourselves at Hustle Fund. Beyond just the terrific deliverables, Alex and Mark are such fine human beings as well. I hope that we get to partner with them for many many more years. Congrats team! 💛

@justinbashton

Fantastic resource. Building a standout deck requires iteration, telling a memorable story and good design. I’ve already shared this with my portfolio. Founders, check it out! Thanks to @HustleFundVC and @deckdocs for sharing!

@kerademars

@deckdocs giving a specific example around how founders can show how they'll expand TAM in their pitch deck. Love this tactical content format.

Kai McKinney

The Deck Doctors team are best in class - if you're a startup prepping for Q1 raise or tightening your story, check out Second Opinion!