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Financial storytelling for founders.

 

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What Can Financial Storytelling Do For You?

Get Better Investor Traction.

 

win investor attention 

Financial storytelling equips you to deliver a financially buttoned up pitch – the kind serious investors care about. 

enhance Pitch credibility

Crafting your financial story diligently helps you test critical assumptions and ensure you have “receipts” to back up your pitch –  an instant credibility magnet for investors.

Gain Confidence

A tight financial story gives you the tools you need to handle all the challenges and what-ifs investors invariably lob at you – with confidence and poise. Never fear an investor drill-down again.

A Simple Process Anyone Can Use 

craft

Design every building block of your financial story with intentionality and precision.

test

Ensure your assumptions will hold up in the real world.

connect

Align every element of your strategic narrative with its counterpart in your financial projections.

support

Bring “receipts” to show investors why your story has legs.

We’ve Helped Founders At Great Organizations:

Founders Love the Clear, Actionable Guidance

Great insight into how investors view market size and particularly how they view your approach to presenting a serviceable market size.

I had not received this level of clarity, guidance, and candidness anywhere else and it is critical information to have to be successful. Thank you!

Jacqueline

Climate Tech Founder

 

Emotionally intelligent and actionable. Most times I can leave these kinds of conversations with great theory.

I like being able to take action.

Kimberly Moore

Go Together Inc.

 

Saved me wasted effort. Helped me tie the pitch deck, business model, fundraising goals, future steps together.

I had it all in my head but was not transferring it to be reflected in my pitch deck. You showed me how to do this.

Amna Zeb

InterJad

You explained how experts look at the numbers. I don’t mind loose numbers at this early (seed) stage.

But I care enormously about investor perceptions regarding my estimates.

Melody Roberts

Liv Labs

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Invisible Ink is where we get into the nitty gritty of what investors look for in startups, what makes founders credible, and how you can make that leap to fundability.

 

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