Pitch Deck template

Canonical template for the Pitch Deck format.

## Slide 1: Problem
[Who is the customer? What is the pain? How widespread and severe is it?]

## Slide 2: Solution
[What do you do? Why is this the right answer to the problem on Slide 1?]

## Slide 3: Why Now / Market
[What has changed? How large is the opportunity? Why is this the moment?]

## Slide 4: Product
[How does it work? One or two key screens or mechanics, not a full feature tour.]

## Slide 5: Traction / Evidence
[What have you proven? Revenue, users, retention, partnerships, or pilot results.]

## Slide 6: Business Model
[How does value capture work? Who pays, how much, and with what unit economics?]

## Slide 7: Team
[Who is building this and why are you the right people to win?]

## Slide 8: Ask
[What are you requesting? Amount or approval, use of resources, and milestone by when.]