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Get Backed (Evan Baehr)
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- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/1633690725/
#startupfundraising #pitchdeck #venturecapital #entrepreneurship #startupstorytelling #investoroutreach #tractionmetrics #GetBacked
These are takeaways from this book.
Firstly, Start with a story that proves the problem matters, A core idea of Get Backed is that fundraising begins long before you open a slide template. The narrative you choose determines what investors pay attention to and what they ignore. Baehr emphasizes shaping a founder story and a company story that are clear, specific, and anchored in a real market pain. Instead of describing your product first, you lead with the problem, who experiences it, and why the current alternatives fail. That structure helps an audience understand urgency and magnitude, two qualities that make an opportunity feel investable. The book pushes founders to avoid vague claims and to replace them with concrete framing: a defined customer, a high cost of inaction, and a believable path to adoption. Storytelling here is positioned as strategic compression, a way to turn a complicated venture into a sequence of insights that build trust. It also serves internal clarity. When founders can tell the story in a tight arc, they often uncover missing assumptions about the market, distribution, or pricing. The topic ultimately links communication to decision making: the better the story, the easier it becomes to prioritize features, select a beachhead market, and articulate why now is the moment for the company to exist.
Secondly, Design a pitch deck that answers investor questions fast, Get Backed treats the pitch deck as a structured argument rather than a brochure. Baehr’s guidance centers on anticipating the questions that decide outcomes: What is the problem, what is the solution, why will customers care, and why will this become a large business. The deck must move with momentum, giving each slide a job and removing anything that does not directly support the investment thesis. This topic highlights the importance of clarity in positioning and language. Strong decks make it easy to repeat the story, so an investor can summarize it to a partner without distortion. That means simple visuals, minimal jargon, and a consistent logic from market pain to product to business model. The book also underscores that credibility does not come from fancy design. It comes from specifics: evidence of demand, thoughtful go to market choices, and realistic economics. Baehr encourages founders to treat the deck as a living tool used across settings, from customer conversations to recruiting to partner outreach. As the company learns, the deck evolves to reflect sharper assumptions and improved metrics. The takeaway is that a great deck is not only about persuasion; it is about disciplined thinking, because each slide forces you to decide what you believe about the market and how you plan to win.
Thirdly, Show traction and validation without overstating reality, Another major theme is how early stage companies can demonstrate momentum even when they are not yet scaled. Get Backed addresses the common founder challenge of having ambition but limited historical data. Baehr focuses on validation signals that reduce perceived risk: customer discovery insights, pilots, waitlists, letters of intent, early revenue, retention indicators, and proof that users behave as if the problem is real. The guidance is especially relevant for founders who fear they are too early to raise. The book encourages them to separate vanity metrics from meaningful evidence. A large number of downloads or followers may be less persuasive than a smaller set of customers who repeatedly use the product or pay for it. Similarly, traction is not only usage. It can include progress on regulatory steps, partnerships that unlock distribution, or a strong pipeline that is managed with rigor. This topic also covers how to communicate traction honestly. Overclaiming can damage trust quickly, particularly with investors who do reference checks and benchmark metrics. Baehr’s approach steers founders toward precise language and defensible numbers, while still telling a confident story about what the data implies. The result is a pitch that feels both optimistic and credible, which is often the combination investors reward.
Fourthly, Build investor fit and run a professional fundraising process, Get Backed presents fundraising as a process problem as much as a messaging problem. Founders improve outcomes by targeting the right investors, preparing properly, and managing momentum across conversations. Baehr stresses investor fit: different funds have different stages, sectors, check sizes, and decision styles. A strong pitch can still fail if it is shown to the wrong audience. Doing the work to map the landscape increases signal and reduces wasted cycles. The book also frames fundraising as a pipeline. You identify prospects, prioritize outreach, track conversations, and create time bound sequences that encourage decisions. This professional approach helps avoid the slow, draining pattern of one off meetings that never convert. It also highlights the importance of warm introductions, clear asks, and concise follow ups that keep the story consistent. In addition, Baehr discusses the human side of capital raising. Meetings are not only about slides; they are about trust, coachability, and the founder’s ability to learn. Being prepared with crisp answers to common objections, being transparent about risks, and showing command of the plan can materially change how an investor perceives execution ability. The overall lesson is that fundraising success is often the byproduct of systems, not luck.
Lastly, Align vision, team, and execution to make the venture real, Beyond pitching, Get Backed ties the communication work to the practical work of building a company. A venture becomes fundable when the vision connects to an executable plan. Baehr emphasizes that investors are backing a team’s capacity to execute under uncertainty, not just an idea. That makes team composition, roles, and decision making part of the story. This topic explores how founders can connect long term ambition with near term milestones. A credible plan does not try to do everything at once. It chooses a focused entry point, defines what success looks like in the next quarter or two, and explains how those outcomes de risk the next stage of growth. The pitch becomes stronger when it includes a simple strategy for distribution, a realistic sense of competition, and a clear model for making money. The book also encourages founders to practice communication as a leadership skill. When you can articulate priorities, you can recruit talent, negotiate with partners, and maintain alignment as complexity increases. In that sense, the pitch is not merely for fundraising. It is a repeatable narrative used to keep the company coherent. The end result is a venture that looks organized from the outside and operates with focus on the inside, increasing the odds of a successful launch and sustained progress.
- Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1633690725?tag=9natree-20
- Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/Get-Backed-Evan-Baehr.html
- Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-older-you-get-the-better-you-feel-methylene-blue/id1844462690?itsct=books_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&at=1001l3bAw&ct=9natree
- eBay: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Get+Backed+Evan+Baehr+&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5339060787&customid=9natree&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/1633690725/
#startupfundraising #pitchdeck #venturecapital #entrepreneurship #startupstorytelling #investoroutreach #tractionmetrics #GetBacked
These are takeaways from this book.
Firstly, Start with a story that proves the problem matters, A core idea of Get Backed is that fundraising begins long before you open a slide template. The narrative you choose determines what investors pay attention to and what they ignore. Baehr emphasizes shaping a founder story and a company story that are clear, specific, and anchored in a real market pain. Instead of describing your product first, you lead with the problem, who experiences it, and why the current alternatives fail. That structure helps an audience understand urgency and magnitude, two qualities that make an opportunity feel investable. The book pushes founders to avoid vague claims and to replace them with concrete framing: a defined customer, a high cost of inaction, and a believable path to adoption. Storytelling here is positioned as strategic compression, a way to turn a complicated venture into a sequence of insights that build trust. It also serves internal clarity. When founders can tell the story in a tight arc, they often uncover missing assumptions about the market, distribution, or pricing. The topic ultimately links communication to decision making: the better the story, the easier it becomes to prioritize features, select a beachhead market, and articulate why now is the moment for the company to exist.
Secondly, Design a pitch deck that answers investor questions fast, Get Backed treats the pitch deck as a structured argument rather than a brochure. Baehr’s guidance centers on anticipating the questions that decide outcomes: What is the problem, what is the solution, why will customers care, and why will this become a large business. The deck must move with momentum, giving each slide a job and removing anything that does not directly support the investment thesis. This topic highlights the importance of clarity in positioning and language. Strong decks make it easy to repeat the story, so an investor can summarize it to a partner without distortion. That means simple visuals, minimal jargon, and a consistent logic from market pain to product to business model. The book also underscores that credibility does not come from fancy design. It comes from specifics: evidence of demand, thoughtful go to market choices, and realistic economics. Baehr encourages founders to treat the deck as a living tool used across settings, from customer conversations to recruiting to partner outreach. As the company learns, the deck evolves to reflect sharper assumptions and improved metrics. The takeaway is that a great deck is not only about persuasion; it is about disciplined thinking, because each slide forces you to decide what you believe about the market and how you plan to win.
Thirdly, Show traction and validation without overstating reality, Another major theme is how early stage companies can demonstrate momentum even when they are not yet scaled. Get Backed addresses the common founder challenge of having ambition but limited historical data. Baehr focuses on validation signals that reduce perceived risk: customer discovery insights, pilots, waitlists, letters of intent, early revenue, retention indicators, and proof that users behave as if the problem is real. The guidance is especially relevant for founders who fear they are too early to raise. The book encourages them to separate vanity metrics from meaningful evidence. A large number of downloads or followers may be less persuasive than a smaller set of customers who repeatedly use the product or pay for it. Similarly, traction is not only usage. It can include progress on regulatory steps, partnerships that unlock distribution, or a strong pipeline that is managed with rigor. This topic also covers how to communicate traction honestly. Overclaiming can damage trust quickly, particularly with investors who do reference checks and benchmark metrics. Baehr’s approach steers founders toward precise language and defensible numbers, while still telling a confident story about what the data implies. The result is a pitch that feels both optimistic and credible, which is often the combination investors reward.
Fourthly, Build investor fit and run a professional fundraising process, Get Backed presents fundraising as a process problem as much as a messaging problem. Founders improve outcomes by targeting the right investors, preparing properly, and managing momentum across conversations. Baehr stresses investor fit: different funds have different stages, sectors, check sizes, and decision styles. A strong pitch can still fail if it is shown to the wrong audience. Doing the work to map the landscape increases signal and reduces wasted cycles. The book also frames fundraising as a pipeline. You identify prospects, prioritize outreach, track conversations, and create time bound sequences that encourage decisions. This professional approach helps avoid the slow, draining pattern of one off meetings that never convert. It also highlights the importance of warm introductions, clear asks, and concise follow ups that keep the story consistent. In addition, Baehr discusses the human side of capital raising. Meetings are not only about slides; they are about trust, coachability, and the founder’s ability to learn. Being prepared with crisp answers to common objections, being transparent about risks, and showing command of the plan can materially change how an investor perceives execution ability. The overall lesson is that fundraising success is often the byproduct of systems, not luck.
Lastly, Align vision, team, and execution to make the venture real, Beyond pitching, Get Backed ties the communication work to the practical work of building a company. A venture becomes fundable when the vision connects to an executable plan. Baehr emphasizes that investors are backing a team’s capacity to execute under uncertainty, not just an idea. That makes team composition, roles, and decision making part of the story. This topic explores how founders can connect long term ambition with near term milestones. A credible plan does not try to do everything at once. It chooses a focused entry point, defines what success looks like in the next quarter or two, and explains how those outcomes de risk the next stage of growth. The pitch becomes stronger when it includes a simple strategy for distribution, a realistic sense of competition, and a clear model for making money. The book also encourages founders to practice communication as a leadership skill. When you can articulate priorities, you can recruit talent, negotiate with partners, and maintain alignment as complexity increases. In that sense, the pitch is not merely for fundraising. It is a repeatable narrative used to keep the company coherent. The end result is a venture that looks organized from the outside and operates with focus on the inside, increasing the odds of a successful launch and sustained progress.
