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the unicorn
An Entrepreneur Reads Carmine’s Book to Build a $1.7 Billion Pitch Deck
“If you want to be a great pitcher, start with this book.” -HENRY WARD
THE UNICORN
The Pitch That Built A Billion Dollar Company
The Beginning
Carta launched in January 2014. Carta manages shares in private companies. It made $820 in its first month. Founder Henry Ward needed investors. He read Carmine Gallo’s The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs to “nail his pitch.”
transformation
Ward didn’t just nail it; he crushed it. Ward raised nearly $500 million dollars over several rounds of fundraising. His investors include the legendary VC firm, Andreessen Horowitz. (watch Carmine’s interview with Andreessen CEO, Scot Kupor)
Carta has crossed into the rare status of ‘unicorn,’ and is now worth more than $1.7 billion.
In a webinar for Business Insider, entrepreneurs asked Ward how he managed to persuade venture capitalists to buy into his idea. “The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs,” Ward answered.
“When I first started doing the series A and series C decks, I read the book. I hand wrote my entire presentation and I practiced it over and over. It all came from this book. If you want to be a great pitcher, start with this book. It’s 10 bucks on Amazon. It’s worth every penny.”
Testimonial
“I highly recommend this book for anyone doing a pitch deck or anything. It really talks about how to craft a narrative and how to get to that climax point in the presentation that you want people to walk away with and remember.”
-HENRY WARD, Carta Founder and CEO
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