Gust is a global SaaS platform that facilitates founding, operating, and investing in scalable, high-growth companies. It provides online tools for entrepreneurs to start, run, and fundraise for companies, and offers deal flow and relationship management for investors. Gust powers over 2,000 investment organizations in 157 countries and more than 500,000 early-stage ventures in 191 countries.

Gust

Gust is the global SaaS platform for founding, operating, and investing in scalable, high-growth companies. Gust’s online tools help entrepreneurs start, run, and fundraise for companies and provide deal flow and relationship management for investors. As the world’s largest community of entrepreneurs and early-stage investors from 191 countries, Gust pioneered the equity funding collaboration industry and is the official platform of the world’s leading angel investor federations and venture accelerators. More than 500,000 startups have already used Gust to connect with over 70,000 investment professionals. Gust powers the official online hubs of the world’s largest innovation ecosystems including New York City (Digital.NYC), Boston (StartHub.org) and London (Tech.London).

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Crafting a pitch deck for your startup is about more than just hitting the expected key notes. While the essentials—team, market, competition, financials, etc.—form the backbone of your pitch, it's how you tell your story that makes all the difference. Your deck and your pitch should be structured to build excitement and belief. That means highlighting unique advantages and anticipating questions and objections without getting bogged down in unnecessary details.

Last week, five founders from our Mission Control program (https://lnkd.in/gNFtRxmf) had a chance to put these tips to use,  practicing their pitches and receiving feedback from a panel of investors - including our own David S. Rose. Hop in his taxi and hear about his key pitch takeaways.

There are two common ways to build financial models and projections: top-down and bottom-up. Top-down risks setting unrealistic expectations while bottom-up can fail to showcase the big opportunity. You’ll need to balance both to build an optimal model for operations and fundraising: top-down to sketch the big picture, bottoms up to detail how you get there.

This week 27 Mission Control startups joined the team from Gust and our partners at Forecastr for a live, virtual review of 2 financial models from real startups in the program—one top-down, one bottom-up—and gave tactical advice on how to apply the opposite perspective to improve the model for operational and aspirational use. Check out how in this short video:

Heads up, founders! 🤩

Whether you’re at the very beginning of your startup journey, or gearing up for big-time growth, Gust can help you find your stride. From incorporating, to benchmarking, to setting up your equity splits - they offer a range of services that can give you a serious tailwind. 🌬️⛵

If you’re feeling the need for speed, Gust can help you build a strong profile to boost your chances with top incubators and accelerators. They can also extend your runway with savings from their community of top-notch startup service providers - like Forecastr.

If raising capital is on your horizon, Gust can hook you up with the right investors and streamline the process with digital signing for SAFEs and convertible notes. 💵🤝

If this sounds like the boost you need, click the link below to get 30% off Gust’s Launch platform for an entire year. Get ready to embrace the gust of success you’ll feel with the speed of Gust and the confidence of Forecastr! 💥

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