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Siqi Chen

Founder appearing in 2 items across the Fundraising Library.

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The Pitch Deck Is a Vehicle for Emotions, Not Facts

Siqi Chen

Chen's much-quoted maxim: the #1 fundraising mistake is treating the pitch deck as a delivery vehicle for facts when it is actually a delivery vehicle for emotions. It anchored his broader public work on narrative-driven deck design at Runway.

Pitch deckStorytellingStage-agnostic

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Free Pitch Feedback for Black Founders: Closing the Candor Gap

Siqi Chen

The closing post of Chen's June 2020 thread offering Black founders direct, live pitch feedback, the kind VCs are typically uncomfortable giving, naming the candor gap as a concrete fundraising disadvantage.

Fundraising ethicsPitch deckStage-agnostic

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