The Pitch Deck
Master the YC-style 10-slide pitch deck structure and present each section confidently
Who it's for
Written for B1 (intermediate) students who handle everyday English and are ready for longer answers.
English for founders: pitches, investors, demos and startup vocabulary. More Startup English lesson plans
Skills it practises
- Speaking: discussion questionsevery lesson
- Vocabulary: a target word listevery lesson
- Reading: a text or news storyevery lesson
- Controlled practice: gap-fills, matching, sorting and moreevery lesson
- Role-play: a dialogue to act outevery lesson
- An answer framework to structure what they say1 of 8 lessons
Lessons
- The Problem SlideGoal: deliver a problem slide that makes investors nod “that's worth solving” — state it, quantify it, show who suffers, in under a minute.1 hr 13 minFree
- The Solution SlideGoal: present your solution in three moves — a one-line answer to the problem, the link back to each pain point, and the secret sauce that makes it investable.1 hr 7 minOutline
- Traction & MetricsGoal: present traction as a growth story — trends not snapshots, the metrics that fit your stage, and the qualitative proof that you're on the right track.1 hr 7 minOutline
- Market OpportunityGoal: size your market credibly — TAM, SAM and SOM built bottom-up from customer counts and pricing, plus the trend that makes the timing right.1 hr 7 minOutline
- Product Demo SlideGoal: make investors see your product — one screenshot, one workflow, a narrated aha moment, and a demo format that can't glitch.1 hr 7 minOutline
- Business ModelGoal: explain how you make money in four sentences — revenue model, pricing, CAC against LTV, and margins — clearly enough to pass the napkin test.1 hr 7 minOutline
- Competition SlideGoal: answer “who's your competition?” with credibility — honest strengths, your structural advantage, and the moat that stops them copying you.1 hr 7 minOutline
- Team & The AskGoal: close the pitch — a team slide of specific credentials (and honestly named gaps) plus an ask with amount, use of funds, milestones and runway.1 hr 7 minOutline
How to use it in a lesson
- Lessons run 67 to 73 minutes, with a timing on every stage, so you can see before you start what fits your slot.
- Start with "The Problem Slide": its whole plan is on this site, stage by stage, with the target vocabulary, free to read and to teach from on any video call.
- For a shorter slot, skip a practice stage or cut the discussion short: the stages are a guide, not a script.
Teach The Pitch Deck with your student
Lesson 1 of this course is free. A free account opens it in the interactive player, and the rest of the course is included with Starter. Teaching it live with your student in the Tuton classroom starts with a 7-day free trial.
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