The PitchReady™ Library

The latest info, tools and tips for DIY founders.

Guides, checklists and straight answers on pitch decks, investor readiness, valuation and capital raising in Australia — the same material we use inside PitchReady™, updated as the market moves. Free, sourced, and built for founders doing it themselves.

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Pitch deck · Guide · 8 min

The 12-slide investor-ready pitch deck: what investors actually look for

The 12 slides investors expect, where their attention actually goes, and how to build a deck that works in a four-minute read.

GuidePitch deck

Startup advice · Article · 7 min

The 4 reasons investors say no — and how to fix each one

Story, deck, Q&A, targeting — the four failure modes, what they look like in the room, and the fix for each.

ArticleStartup advice

Valuation · Guide + one-pager · 10 min

Business Valuation Basics for Australian Founders

Pre- and post-money maths, dilution bands, the two published Australian day-zero anchors, and a worked A$500K SAFE example.

GuideValuation

Readiness · Checklist + download

Investor readiness checklist: 12 things to fix before you pitch Coming soon

The 12 gaps investors find first — story, numbers, Australian housekeeping, deck and rehearsal — with a downloadable fix-by checklist.

ChecklistIn review

Capital raising · Guide · 11 min

Capital raising in Australia: a founder's guide from pre-seed to Series A Coming soon

Round medians, who writes the cheques, the Corporations Act rules behind every offer, and the incentives that change the numbers.

GuideIn review

Raising funds · Guide + checklist

Raise-Prep Guide: from decision to first investor meeting Coming soon

The readiness gates, the target list, the materials and the outreach mechanics — with an 18-gate pre-flight checklist.

GuideIn review

Q&A prep · Checklist + one-pager

Investor Q&A Bank: the 25 questions (and how to hold your answers) Coming soon

The 25 questions investors actually ask, what each one is really testing, and the practice protocol that gets your answers tight.

ChecklistIn review

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Take the maths with you.

The working one-pagers and checklists behind the guides — printable, free, no email gate. Grab them before your next investor meeting.

One-pager · Printable

The valuation one-pager

The three formulas, the dilution bands, the two published Australian day-zero anchors, and the worked A$500K SAFE example — on one page. Check your maths before an investor checks it for you.

Open the one-pager

Checklist · In review

Investor readiness checklist

The 12 fixes, a fix-by column and a sequencing rule — the printable version of our readiness guide. Landing here first.

Coming soon

Checklist · In review

Raise-prep pre-flight checklist

Eighteen gates to tick before the first outreach email goes out — decision, target list, rules, materials, batching.

Coming soon

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