POLL: Do Most Pitch Decks Suck?

After 7 years in IB, I'd say I've seen some client-created pitch decks that were halfway decent. Some. Like 3. The rest, I would say are much more akin to a hot piece of garbage soaked in subway water. Share your own experience & opinions in this poll: https://goo.gl/forms/9d0yHZA3VJPmdtr73

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Hi thefamilyofficesdb, whoops, looks like nobody chimed in here.... maybe one of these discussions below is relevant:

  • Week 3 of IBD Internship: The Pitch I could be the one to deliver the pitch after becoming so familiar with the presentation the past few ... and careers. Now's the time to do it while they're still in sell mode." Caitlin joined ... classes of a fraternity with divisive hazing rituals would do. I asked Caitlin and Erin what their plans ...
  • CIM (Confidential Information Memorandum) production CIM production for the M&A sell-side process. More Background: We get financials from the clients ... advisory for small grocery store and food chains (think Kwik-E-Mart, 7/11, subway). Most of the time ... sellers own a portfolio of stores, 40+, and we market the whole bundle. What takes up most of our time is ...
  • Private Equity: How to Analyze a CIM Effectively? to analyze a CIM is (Confidential Information Memorandum, for those who're not aware is a 40-50+ ... CIMs. What is a CIM? A CIM is a confidential information memorandum is a document that investment banks ... the business model anyways. User @red08 shared a good sniff test look through of a CIM: I do a q
  • Idea Generation... and Why Wall Street Sucks at It opinion). Sell-Side / Word of Mouth Most monkeys on WSO have probably heard enough stock pitches to know how ... business. Also, it's not uncommon for salespeople to spill the beans on trades other firms are making, ... a scripted, politically-correct answer. If you ask them who scares them the most in the enterprise business ...
  • Overview of Sell-Side M&A client pitch to closed deal, and add anything I may have omitted. SELL-SIDE M&A 1- CLIENT PITCH: Meet ... with the Client and pitch your firm along with its teams & capabilities. You will often go through ... multiple pitches to a get to short list of IB's, where the Client will select the IB it feels most fit ...
  • POLL: BH's Next Investing Topic? most interested in reading about. So here's some suggestions, and feel free to comment with any ... others you think would be worth going into detail about. 1) Making the Most of Your Meeting with ... Many Faces of Activist Shareholders 4) The Art of Idea Generation, and Why Wall Street Sucks At It ...
  • Stock Pitch Sample Template- Proven Examples to Help Ace Your Interview wrong, ha ha. Things to Not Do in The Stock Pitch These are the most common methods of finding investment ... do executives look for when someone is presenting a stock? What types of statistics or info should ... Partner": If you ask them who scares them the most in the enterprise business and they say it's ...
  • More suggestions...

Maybe one of our professional members will share their wisdom: leadoutman @downtown22" shanusherwani

I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.

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