Guides
Guides for pre-seed and seed founders: decks and models, worked on one sample company
Each guide takes one question investors ask about a deck or a model and works it in real numbers on Fernbrook Analytics, a fictional company whose model you can change on the home page.
Every Fernbrook figure in these guides is recomputed by the site's self-test. To try the numbers yourself, open the live model on the home page.
Check your deck
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Investor deck review: check your own deck the way an investor will, in 20 minutes
Review your investor deck the way an investor will: list every number, trace it to your model, redo the arithmetic, then write up the hardest questions.
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Seed pitch deck help: the six questions investors test, worked on one sample deck
The six questions investors test in a seed deck: runway, revenue drivers, unit economics, headcount, use of funds and tie-out, worked on one sample deck.
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Pitch deck for pre-seed: what to show when you have little or no revenue
What a pre-seed pitch deck needs when revenue is small or zero: the ask as one calculation, a bottom-up market, unit economics and a short model behind it.
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Build your numbers
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How to build a financial model for a startup: three statements, three years, one assumptions tab
Build a 3-year, 3-statement startup financial model from one assumptions tab, with every step worked in real numbers and a balance check of 0.00.
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Have the numbers on your own deck checked
Send the deck you have, and your model if there is one. Within 2 business days (India time) you get one written page: where investors will push hardest, two fixes you can make today, and what already holds up. It is a consistency check, not an audit.
Want to see the format first? See the full sample
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