1. Global Social Venture Competition Pitch Deck
Guidelines and Suggestions

2. GENERAL REMARKS Guidelines and suggestions for GSVC pitch decks
Goal of the Presentation
Illustration of the business in a concise way – no more than 15 slides
Visual support for your pitch
The prompts and tips should be addressed verbally during your presentation but you don’t have to answer all these questions on your slides – instead support / visualize the main points
Not every prompt will apply to your venture – use your best judgment how to address them
Style
Keep the text elements as short as possible and as long as necessary
Use visual elements (pictures, graphs) continuously to make your business memorable and easy to understand

3. Suggested Outline Vision | Social Venture Overview Opportunity
Solution
Social Impact
Market
Competitive Advantage
Financial Impact
Go-to-market Strategy
Stakeholders
Team

4. VISION | Social Venture Overview Show us why your venture exists and what you hope it will achieve.
Prompts
What is your venture’s core value proposition?
What motivated your team to take on this challenge?
What is your venture’s current status?
What is your team’s long-term vision for this venture?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Has a clear, inspired vision
Is passionate and committed

5. OPPORTUNITY Define and quantify the problem that your venture addresses.
Prompts
What unmet need does your venture address?
What social problem does your venture propose to solve? What is the scale or magnitude of this problem? Why is it worth solving?
Based on the customer market, what is the economic opportunity?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Has a deep understanding of the problem at hand
Links a social problem to an economic opportunity
Uses accurate, meaningful numbers (when appropriate)

6. SOLUTION Explain your innovation and show us what makes you better.
Prompts
What product or service does your venture offer?
Who is the first customer? Who are your current customers?
What is the product or service roadmap? (e.g. What are the key milestones in the development of your product or service?)
Have you tested a minimum viable product (MVP) or released a prototype?
If so, what traction have you gained? What have you learned?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Offers an innovative solution to address the opportunity
Draws on stakeholder insights to inform the design of your solution

7. SOCIAL IMPACT Explain how you will generate and measure positive social impact.
Prompts
Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
What is your venture’s social value proposition? (use Theory of Change and Impact Value Chain methodologies.)
Which social impact indicators will you use to measure success and change?
How will you track these indicators alongside normal business operations?
What is your legal form and how does it support your vision?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Prioritizes social impact alongside financial returns
Establishes clear, measurable goals and metrics

8. MARKET Show the context in which your venture operates.
Prompts
In what market does your venture operate? What are its growth trends? What are the barriers to entry?
How big is the market and what portion of it will you address?
Who are your current and/or potential competitors?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Understands the options currently available to your customers
Knows what you need to win in this market

9. COMPETITVE ADVANTAGE Convince us that your team has what it takes to win.
Prompts
Who or what are your key competitors?
What are your key sources of competitive advantage?
How will you develop, sustain and defend these advantages over time?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Understands how to compete
Has developed a solution to a clearly defined customer need
Can clearly explain the categories in which your solution is the same as vs. better than the competition

10. FINANCIAL IMPACT Explain your financial model
FINANCIAL IMPACT Explain your financial model. Demonstrate your venture is viable.
Prompts
What is your venture’s revenue model?
What are your venture’s main cost drivers?
Based on defensible assumptions, what are your projected revenues and costs? (Near-term and long-term based on your product/service roadmap)
What are your venture’s margins and unit economics?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Generates income as you deliver your value proposition
Understands how your cost and revenue drivers will shift over time
Clearly states assumptions and presents realistic financial projections

11. GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY Show how you will reach and deliver value to your customers.
Prompts
Who are your future customers? Describe your customer acquisition strategy and costs
Which channels will you use to deliver value to your customers?
Which partners and resources are necessary to launch your venture?
Describe your “marketing mix” (4 P’s: Product, Promotion, Pricing, and Placement)
Tips
Show us that your team has:
Developed a coherent and integrated marketing plan
Anticipated how the elements of this plan will evolve over time
*If you have already launched your venture, please include a summary of your traction to date.

12. STAKEHOLDERS Demonstrate an understanding of your venture’s key stakeholders.
Prompts
Who are your venture’s key stakeholders?*
How does your venture’s value proposition benefit these stakeholders? Which of their needs are you addressing?
How will your venture interact with these stakeholders?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Understands your customer and how your venture creates value
Anticipates the impact that your venture will have on other key stakeholders
*In addition to customers, this may include other beneficiaries, partners, employees and investors. You do not need to describe every group in this slide.

13. TEAM Convince us that you are the right team to lead this venture.
Prompts
Who are the key members of your team?
What is their level of engagement and commitment?
Why is your team best suited to solve this problem?
Where is your team lacking in skills or experience?
Who are your advisors, mentors, and/or board members? How do they add value to your team?
How do your core values support your vision and translate into competitive advantages?
Tips
Show us that your team is:
Passionate, capable, skilled and resourceful
Flexible and open-minded
Balanced

14. NEXT STEPS Show us how you will move your venture forward.
Prompts
What are the potential risks and externalities associated with your venture? How will you mitigate them?
What are your biggest questions? How will you address them?
What are your immediate next steps?
What specific resources, expertise, and funding are you seeking?
Tips
Show us that your team:
Is resourceful and focused on execution
Has made meaningful progress since the previous round
Prioritizes and sets clear, actionable goals
Is prepared to address potential risks and consequences

15. APPENDIX (OPTIONAL)
Teams may use an appendix to support the information in the main deck. Appendix slides must be included as part of the total 15 slides.
There are no parameters on the content of the appendix. Depending on the team, relevant slides may include:
Description of Minimum Viable Product or Prototype(s)
Competitive analysis
Brand architecture
Stakeholder insights
Potential investors/funders
Detailed financial projections