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by onion2k 3951 days ago
Congratulations on launching, and having the confidence to put your product out there in front of potential customers. You're already farther along than about 80% of other startups.

Positives - You have a nice website and a good looking product, your message is clear, and there's no reason why startups, especially those that aren't 'design lead', won't buy. With more templates for different verticals you could build something big.

Negatives - Your first target market is poor and has relatively few customers. I would highly recommend considering a tiny pivot to aim more at middle managers who are presenting but want something better than powerpoint's builtin templates. There are tens of thousands of those presentations happening daily. I reckon there's a massive opportunity there.

Also ... I was extremely fortunate to attend a workshop by Nancy Duarte (http://www.duarte.com) once - I would really recommend looking through her portfolio and reading things she's written about presentation design. My pitch decks are about 1000* better now.

1 comments

Hey, thanks a lot for your feedback! You just putted a big smile on my face=) Yes, you're right - The Presentation Market itself really big nowadays (I simply know this by working as a Presentation Designer=)). The reasons I post my product to NH: a) Feedback: do my landing page deliver sale message in a clear and actionable way? b) Audience. I know that most people here are more interested in "hardware" and "hacking" types of news. But I was also hoping to find some present and future Founders / Startup Team Members, that are in need of Pitch Deck Design service (and I actually see a little traction. Just a little, but some interest anyway=))

p.s. Duarte is a Queen regarding Presentation Design and Speech. You're lucky to attend at their workshop! I'll definitely do the same when will have a chance! Thanks again for comments regarding Target Market!