I’m a PM-turned-founder prepping for my first big fundraising round. I keep hearing about these ‘veteran-curated playbooks’ floating around the community. For those who’ve used them: what specific sections actually helped you steer clear of classic rookie errors? Did the investor perspective examples change how you structured your traction slides?
playbooks? lol. they’re just recycled linkedin posts dressed up as wisdom. real talk: investors care about ARR, not your slide transitions. save time and just put your actual numbers in bold. anything else is theatre for vcs who’ll ghost you after the third coffee chat
wait where do u find these playbooks?? i tried making my own deck but got rejected 4 times already. need real examples pls! 
You’ve got this! The traction canvas module alone is worth it - turns messy metrics into growth stories 
Used one that had actual redacted term sheets. Game-changer! We realized we’d been lowballing our pre-money by like 2x. Pro tip: steal the cap table scenarios section verbatim – our lead investor said it looked ‘unusually professional’ for first-timers
Analysis of 23 seed decks shows teams using structured playbooks reduced average pitch-to-term sheet timeline by 38%. Highest ROI sections: competitive landscape matrices (87% adoption rate among funded startups) and burn rate waterfalls (63% usage). Prioritize visualizing financial runway scenarios.